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Crossing a lead on an ice cake as a ferry-boat – Antique Wall Art

Crossing a lead on an ice cake as a ferry-boat, [1909], c1910. — historic print
Crossing a lead on an ice cake as a ferry-boat, [1909], c1910.. Historic print from the Alaska collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic print captures Crossing a lead on an ice cake as a ferry-boat in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A dog team does not go around the obstacle here but across it, with the drivers using a single floating slab of ice, called an ice cake, as a ferry over a lead, the narrow channel of open water that splits the pack. Travel across the Arctic ice depended on improvised crossings like this, since men and dogs had to keep moving over floes that could open or close within hours. The color halftone was published by the Frederick A. Stokes Company around 1909 or 1910, when American readers followed polar exploration closely, and the scene shows the practical ingenuity that such travel demanded.

Created / published[1909], c1910.
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
GenreHalftone photomechanical prints Color 1900-1910.
NotesK14586 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frederick A. Stokes Company.
SubjectsIcebergs--North Pole--1900-1910. Expeditions & surveys--North Pole--1900-1910. Dog teams--North Pole--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,745 × 3,719 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222355

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