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Racehorse and Carcass Trapped in Ice near Spitsbergen, 1773, from 'Adventures by sea from art...

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BL3714963
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Racehorse and Carcass Trapped in Ice near Spitsbergen, 1773, from 'Adventures by sea from art of old time' by Basil Lubbock, 1925 (colour litho)
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Cleveley, John the Younger (1747-86) (after) / English
Location
British Library, London, UK
Medium
colour lithograph
Date
1925 AD (C20th AD)
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In 1773, following prompting from Joseph Banks, Daines Barrington and the Royal Society, the Admiralty had sent two ships, HMS Racecourse and HMS Carcass, north to the Arctic, where they had run into an impenetrable ice barrier near Spitsbergen in the Barents Sea.

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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Germany / Europe / boat / transport / United Kingdom / Norway / Scandinavia / travel / cartography / ship / ships / traveling / journeys / expeditions / carcass / expedition / 18th / ice-barrier / journey / trips / racehorse / travel / voyage / exploration / scandinavian / ice / sea / british / intrepid / navigator / royal society / explorer / norwegian / impenetrable / trip / exploring / arctic / cartographer / english / daines
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