Title

Elisha Kent Kane and his companions in Greenland, c1855 (c1880). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Elisha Kent Kane and his companions in Greenland, c1855 (c1880). Kane served as senior medical officer on the Grinnell Arctic Expedition of 1850-1851, which searched unsuccessfully for the missing British expedition of Sir John Franklin. In 1853 he organised his own expedition. Although again he failed to find Franklin, Kane explored and mapped part of Greenland, reaching further north than any other explorer done previously. In May 1855 his party was forced to abandon their ship, but successfully completed an 83 day trek to safety, losing only one member in the process. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C49_306

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (6,9Mb) / 15,3in x 12,7in / 4588 x 3808 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal people male man men cold discovery country dog exploration guy cooking cookery fire clothes Arctic Greenland dress location century explorer expedition concept B&W hardship MONOCHROME United States of America United States parka 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector cooking pot Elish Kent Kane engraving Unknown Edmund Edmund Ollier Ollier Kane Elish Kent Edmund Ollier engraving