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The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration in American Culture
 Maker Unidentified George C. Leighton Gigantic Iceberg Seen by the Arctic Ships - From a Sketch by an Officer of the Valorous from The Illustrated London News, 1875 wood engraving 11 1/8 x 15 1/4 inches Osher Map Library  Gerhard Mercator Septentrionalium terrarum descripto per Gerardum Mercato rem cum privilegio, 1628-1633 hand-colored engraving 18 3/8 x 22 5/16 inches Osher Map Library  Francis Vallnight An Island of Ice As It Appeared to Us from the Prow of Thomas Mathew Samm'll Partridge Commander in the Latt. 43.50 N bearing NbW 4 miles by Francis Vallnight. July:25:1754, 1754 ink and watercolor on paper 7 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches Gift of Winifred Deering in memory of Roger Deering  Maker Unidentified Rounding the Glacier Continent from , Circa 1893 engraving 16 1/8 x 12 3/16 Osher Map Library  Maker Unidentified The Loss of the Jeanette: On the March after Leaving the Ship - Breaking Up Camp from , 1882 engraving 15 3/4 x 22 5/8 inches Osher Map Library  Maker Unidentified Arctic Life: Cutting a Way Out of the Ice from Winter Quarters from The Illustrated London News, 1875 wood engraving 15 3/4 x 21 3/8 inches Osher Map Library  George F. Cram North Polar Regions with the principal routes of discovery from , 1911 engraving 15 5/8 x 23 3/4 inches Osher Map Library  H.W. Klutschak, George C. Leighton The American Franklin Search Expedition: Reindeer-Hunting in Kayaks from , 1881 wood engraving 11 13/16 x 16 9/16 inches Osher Map Library  Maker Unidentified, George C. Leighton The Yacht , 1859 wood engraving 15 7/8 x 11 inches Osher Map Library  Maker Unidentified The Arctic Expedition Packing Up the Sledges Ready for a Start from "The Graphic", 1875 engraving 15 5/8 x 23 3/8 inches (sheet) Osher Map Library  B. Leigh Smith The "Eira" Arctic Expedition from The Graphic, 1882 engraving 16 1/8 x 24 inches Osher Map Library  Maker Unidentified, George C. Leighton Arctic Scenery: Cape of Pillars, Crown Prince Rudolf Land from , 1875 wood engraving 11 x 16 inches Osher Map Library |             |