The Arctic when it was the new frontier. More plates from Sir George Back’s 1836 work “Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean,” Sir Back having been the expedition leader. He may have done the drawings these plates are based on. It doesn’t say.

“Sussex Lake, source of the Thlew-ee-choh, August 28, 1833.” Page 169. Louis Hague, lithographer. Collections of and digitalized by the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/narrativeofarcti00back/page/n169/mode/2up

” Crossing Lake Aylmer. June 25, 1834.” Page 320. E Finden, engraver. Collections of and digitalized by the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/narrativeofarcti00back/page/n320/mode/2up

“View of the Aurora Borealis.” Page 618. Collections of and digitalized by the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/narrativeofarcti00back/page/618/mode/2up

More images from the arctic, these being plates made from watercolors from Fridtjof Nansen’s “In Nacht und Eis. Die Norwegische Polarexpedition 1893-96” Volume I, published in Leipzig in 1897 by F.A. Brockhaus.

"Sonnenuntergant an der nordkuste asiens: das land im norden der Chalanga Mündung, 12 September, 1893." 1897. — “Sonnenuntergant an der nordkuste asiens: das land im norden der Chalanga Mündung, 12 September, 1893.” Page 116, Volume 1. 1897. Fridtjof Nansen, watercolorist. Collection of and digitalized by the University of Toronto. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/innachtundeisdie01nans/page/n116

"In der Polarnacht" (24 Nov. 1883). — “In der Polarnacht” (24 Nov. 1883). Page 268, Volume 1. Fridtjof Nansen, watercolorist. Collection of and digitalized by the University of Toronto. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/innachtundeisdie01nans/page/n268

innachtundeisdie01nans_0369 — “Nordlicht.” (18 October, 1894). Page 358, Volume 1. Fridtjof Nansen, watercolorist. Collection of and digitalized by the University of Toronto. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/innachtundeisdie01nans/page/n358

innachtundeisdie01nans_0531 — “Nordlichtkrone (22 October, 1894). Page 531. Volume 1. Fridtjof Nansen, watercolorist. Collection of and digitalized by the University of Toronto. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/innachtundeisdie01nans/page/n520

There is also a volume II with more plates. See those soon.

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