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Swedish arctic rescue expedition glass lantern slides, circa 1928 (Box 4)
Fourth box of slides from the 1928 Swedish expedition to rescue survivors of the crashed airship Italia, near the North Pole. Image 1: Gathering on board a large arctic ship, possibly the Russian icebreaker Krassin. Image 2 and Image 3: Unidentified men aboard ship. Image 4: V...
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| Collection: | Amandus Johnson Photographs (#PG126) |
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| Date: | 1928 |
| Dimensions: | 10 x 8.5 cm |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/11497 |
| Summary: |
Fourth box of slides from the 1928 Swedish expedition to rescue survivors of the crashed airship Italia, near the North Pole. Image 1: Gathering on board a large arctic ship, possibly the Russian icebreaker Krassin. Image 2 and Image 3: Unidentified men aboard ship. Image 4: View from ship of arctic landscape with planes grounded in distance. Image 5: Three men and two planes, with ship in the background. Image 6: Wildflowers in an arctic climate, possibly Svalbard. Image 7: Arctic scene depicting three ski-planes and an icebreaker, with two men in the foreground. Image 8: Three polar bear skins, possibly hunted during Nobile's team's period stranded on the ice floe. Image 9 and Image 10: Portraits of unidentified ship officers. Image 11: Large ship in the distance of an arctic landscape. |
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