Sea Ice Collection

Endurance in the pack ice much resembling a billowy sea
Photographer: Hurley, James Francis (Frank) (1885-1962). Expedition: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17. Leader: Ernest Shackleton. Date: 1915

HMS Terror. Arctic Expedition 1836-37
HMS Terror, nine months in the Ice of Frozen-Strait, under the command of Captain, now Rear Admiral Sir George Back, April, 1836-37. Photograph from a painting by E.W.Cooke. Arctic Expedition 1836-37

Sledge-party leaving HMS Investigator in Mercy Bay
One of a series of eight chromolithograph sketches by Lieut S. Gurney Cresswell (1827-1867), of the voyage of HMS Investigator under Captain McClure, 1850-54

Camp on the breaking pack ice, Weddell Sea, 1915
Medium: Oil painting. Artist: George Marston (1882-1940). Expedition: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17 (Endurance). Leader: Ernest Shackleton

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on an iceberg, Baffin Bay, Canada. September

HMS Investigator in the pack, October 8th 1850
One of a series of eight chromolithograph sketches by Lieut S. Gurney Cresswell (1827-1867), of the voyage of HMS Investigator under Captain McClure, 1850-54

Looking east from Lookout Point, men and penguins, Elephant Island, 1916
Medium: Oil painting. Artist: George Marston (1882-1940). Expedition: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17 (Endurance). Leader: Ernest Shackleton

The sinking of the Eira, August 21 1881
Engraving by W.L.Wyllie for the London newspapers, featuring Benjamin Leigh Smiths fifth Arctic voyage 1881-82. Based on an original sketch by Benjamin Leigh Smith

First discovery of land by HMS Investigator, September 6th 1850
One of a series of eight chromolithograph sketches by Lieut S. Gurney Cresswell (1827-1867), of the voyage of HMS Investigator under Captain McClure, 1850-54

Inuit hunter walking his dog team on the sea ice in a snow storm, Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

Stellers sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) landing on pack ice, Hokkaido, Japan, February

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) diving near ice flow, Antarctica. Small reproduction only

A midsummer sunset, February, 1915
Photographer: Hurley, James Francis (Frank) (1885-1962). Expedition: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17. Leader: Ernest Shackleton. Date: February 1915

Critical position of HMS Investigator on the north-coast of Baring Island, August
One of a series of eight chromolithograph sketches by Lieut S. Gurney Cresswell (1827-1867), of the voyage of HMS Investigator under Captain McClure, 1850-54

HMS Investigator running through a narrow channel in a snow storm
One of a series of eight chromolithograph sketches by Lieut S. Gurney Cresswell (1827-1867), of the voyage of HMS Investigator under Captain McClure, 1850-54

Sailing towards Elephant Island through open pack ice, Weddell Sea
Medium: Oil painting. Artist: George Marston (1882-1940). Expedition: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17 (Endurance). Leader: Ernest Shackleton

Look out from a camp on a large ice floe, Weddell Sea
Medium: Oil painting. Artist: George Marston (1882-1940). Expedition: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17 (Endurance). Leader: Ernest Shackleton

Tabular iceberg floating in Weddell Sea, iceberg broken away from Larson C ice shelf. Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) colony dwarfed on sea ice below. Near Danger Islands, Antarctica

RF- Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) on iceberg. Yalour Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. February

Inuit hunter and his dog team travelling on the sea ice, Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

Aurora Passage, Antarctica. Iceberg

First year sea ice and brash ice near Petermann Island, western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Group of officers on floe alongside ship in pack ice
Photographer: Reginald William Skelton (1872-1956). Expedition: British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04 (Discovery). Group of eight officers on the ice beside the ship, Discovery

Expedition to the Arctic region by Willem Barentsz, c. 1550 - 1597, Dutch Arctic explorer

Expedition to the Arctic region by Willem Barentsz, c. 1550 - 1597, Dutch Arctic explorer

Expedition to the Arctic region by Willem Barentsz, c. 1550 - 1597, Dutch Arctic explorer

Expedition to the Arctic region by Willem Barentsz, c. 1550 - 1597, Dutch Arctic explorer

Expedition to the Arctic region by Willem Barentsz, c. 1550 - 1597, Dutch Arctic explorer

Ship cruising through the ice in Svalbard

Ship cruising through the ice in Svalbard

Ship cruising through the ice in Svalbard

Ship cruising through the ice in Svalbard

Ship cruising through the ice in Svalbard

Ship cruising through the ice in Svalbard

Ship cruising through the ice in Svalbard

Aerial of an iceberg in the Nuuk Icefjord, Western Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

Iceberg on Belcher island, Devon island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Iceberg on Belcher island, Devon island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) on Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Icebreaker in the waters of Axel Heiberg island, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic, Canada, North America

Aerial of the Ilulissat Icefjord, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

Aerial of the Ilulissat Icefjord, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

Aerial of the Ilulissat Icefjord, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

Little ship floating between the ice below the Eqi glacier, Western Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at breeding and nesting colony at Salisbury Plain in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Polar Regions

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at breeding and nesting colony at Salisbury Plain in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Polar Regions

King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at breeding and nesting colony at Salisbury Plain in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia, Polar Regions

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), sow with spring cub rest along a barrier island during fall freeze up, Bernard Spit, North Slope, arctic coast of Alaska

Curious Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow in slushy newly forming pack ice during fall freeze up, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) rubbing its face, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), sow with spring cub rest along a barrier island during fall freeze up, Bernard Spit, North Slope, arctic coast of Alaska

Two juvenile Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) playing on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) sitting along Bernard Spit, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) yearling rolls around on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow rolling around on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Two juvenile Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) playing on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Curious Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) resting on the newly frozen pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Curious Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) walking on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Curious Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) on the newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub resting on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow resting on the newly formed pack ice and scenting the air, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub resting on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Curious Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) on newly formed pack ice during fall freeze up, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Curious Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub moving lightly over newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Curious Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) on the newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub moving lightly over newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) walking along Bernard Spit, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Curious Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sow with juvenile cub on the newly frozen pack ice during fall freeze up, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub standing on the newly formed pack ice during fall freeze up, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Two juvenile Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) playing on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) walking on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub emerging from newly forming pack ice during fall freeze up, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Curious Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) on newly formed pack ice, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cubs swimming through slushy newly forming pack ice during fall freeze up, Beaufort Sea, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Endurance in the pack ice much resembling a billowy sea: A glimpse into the challenges of Arctic exploration" The HMS Terror. Arctic Expedition 1836-37, forever etched in history as a testament to human resilience and bravery. Camp on the breaking pack ice, Weddell Sea, 1915: A frozen battlefield where nature's forces clash with man's determination. Inuit hunter walking his dog team on the sea ice in a snowstorm, Greenland, Denmark: An indomitable spirit braving treacherous conditions for survival. The sinking of the Eira, August 21st, 1881: A haunting reminder of how swiftly icy waters can claim lives and vessels alike. Looking east from Lookout Point - men and penguins unite against adversity on Elephant Island, 1916. Bound by fate amidst an icy expanse. Sailing towards Elephant Island through open pack ice - Weddell Sea reveals its unpredictable temperament to daring explorers seeking glory. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on an iceberg - Baffin Bay bears witness to nature's majestic yet vulnerable creations amid shifting landscapes. Steller's sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) landing on pack ice - Hokkaido witnesses this magnificent bird conquering both air and frozen seascape. A midsummer sunset in February 1915 paints ethereal hues upon endless stretches of desolate but awe-inspiring sea ice horizons. Critical position of HMS Investigator on the north-coast of Baring Island - August unveils desperation as sailors face uncertain futures trapped within icy confines. Sledge-party leaving HMS Investigator in Mercy Bay under command of Lieutenant Gurney Cresswell; their journey fraught with danger yet fueled by unwavering determination.