Thomas Mitchell 1876, April H.M.S. "Discovery", 81° 44' N - The men & officers left behind after sledges started : dog sledge preparing to start for "Alert" ; mask on snow bank - a face protector, flung away
Group photograph of nine men: three sit on sledge at front; row of five behind them, one man sits on bank of snow behind; 3 dogs lie on snow in foreground; mask in the form of a human face lies on bank of snow; HMS Discovery" in background. Photographer's inititals in lower right corner.
Presented to Queen Victoria by Captain George Nares (1831-1915) in 1876
