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"The cliffs on the opposite side of the Harbour of Godhavn, three thousand three Hundred feet high",
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"View of Julianeshaab"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Iceberg grounded near the land"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

“Ruins of the old church at Krakortok”
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Iceberg with the figure of a man clinging to the top"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Iceberg drifting with the current about two miles the hour, and was two hundred feet above the Water",
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"View from Upernavik looking into Baffin's Bay"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

Untitled
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"An Esquimaux pet, a boy about eight years old"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"The coast blockaded by icebergs near Julianeshaab"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Esquimaux Toupek or Skin Tent. The boat or kayak is placed on poles to keepit from dogs, which destroy everything they can reach."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Esquimaux women, showing the manner in which they often carry their children on their backs in their hoods."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Esquimaux wide awake. He kept his eye on the camera while being photographed, expecting it wo uld go off or hurt him in some way."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"View of settlement and harbour of Godhavn, on the Island of Disco, the entrance is at the left, between the low rocks and the cliffs."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Esquimaux igloe or winter hut, made of turf and stones"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Jansen with his Comettick, or sledge, and dog team"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Instantaneous view of icebergs"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Iceberg with an arch in it, which, when connected with the Glacier, will give the reader to understand how the water flows from the Glacier through these arches, causing the rapid current."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Church and residence of Pastor Anton"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

The Arctic Regions
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver prints from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Where we patiently waited and quietly hoped for the ice to open"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Hans, his wife, and children. Hans was with Dr. Kanes in his expedition, also with Dr. Hayes in 1860 and 1861, and is now with the United States Exploring Expedition under Captain Hall."
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"On the glacier, looking inland towards the great Mer de Glace"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art

"Section of an immense berg, which was nearly half a mile in length"
George P. Critcherson
Albumen silver print from a glass negative · 1869
Museum of Modern Art