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pl23_ship4559.jpg

Soundings being made from a steam launch for a hydrographic survey near CapeMitra, Spitzberg

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Soundings being made from a steam launch for a hydrographic survey near CapeMitra, Spitzberg. Note the lead and leadsman's hands; H. Bouree is makingsextant observation. Plate V, print 7. In: Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco. Vol. 89.

Credit

NOAA Rice Library of the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Photographer

J. Richard

Display Date

1906 August 20

Location

Spitzberg, Cape Mitra

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space