Captain Cook's Resolution and Adventure near Antarctica in 1773

Astrolabe and Zélée in the Weddell Sea in 1838

Nansen's Fram being overtaken by rafting ice approaching the North Pole 1895

The Belgica near Anvers Island, Graham Land January 1898

The Southern Cross at Cape Adare, Antarctica, with Carsten E. Borchgrevink in 1899.

The Pourquoi-Pas? frozen into her Winter anchorage at Petermann Island 1909. Dr. Charcot plays gramaphone records for his colleagues and the local seals.

Roald Amundsen and his team return to Fram after a successfull race to the South Pole in 1911

The ill fated Endurance being crushed by ice in Antarctica: Shackleton inspects the Dogs in their Snow Kennels, October 1915