British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. Banquet to Captain G.S. Nares and the Officers of the Arctic Expedition Given by the Major of Portsmouth, (William Pink) at the Southsea Assembly Rooms, 30th November 1876, a menu on folded white card printed by J. Griffin & Co., Portsmouth, gilt-titled and decorated upper board with albumen print photograph of the two ships HMS Alert HMS Discovery (from a drawing) pasted to rear board within printed double rule, the menu printed in black longitudinally on inside boards, a few minor marks, 235 x 90 mm (unfolded) The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876 was led by Sir George Strong Nares (1831-1915). Sent by the British Admiralty it attempted to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound. The expedition failed to reach the North Pole but did extensive coastal exploration and collection of scientific data. Nares became the first explorer to take his ships all the way north through the channel between Greenland and Elsmere Island, (now named Nares Strait), to the Lincoln Sea.
British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. Banquet to Captain G.S. Nares and the Officers of the Arctic Expedition Given by the Major of Portsmouth, (William Pink) at the Southsea Assembly Rooms, 30th November 1876, a menu on folded white card printed by J. Griffin & Co., Portsmouth, gilt-titled and decorated upper board with albumen print photograph of the two ships HMS Alert HMS Discovery (from a drawing) pasted to rear board within printed double rule, the menu printed in black longitudinally on inside boards, a few minor marks, 235 x 90 mm (unfolded) The British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876 was led by Sir George Strong Nares (1831-1915). Sent by the British Admiralty it attempted to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound. The expedition failed to reach the North Pole but did extensive coastal exploration and collection of scientific data. Nares became the first explorer to take his ships all the way north through the channel between Greenland and Elsmere Island, (now named Nares Strait), to the Lincoln Sea.
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