This page represents most of our collection of original Antique prints of the Arctic and Antarctic. Please click on an image to see it in high-resolution, with details of the work itself. For enquiries and purchases, please do contact us.
Antarctic Ocean: The George Thompson, named for the owner of the Aberdeen White Star line, amongst the icebergs.
Ice Islands: Sailors hunting and collecting with the Resolution in distance. Capt James Cook’s Second Voyage 1772-75.
Explorers with sledge: From the Expedition of H.M.S.Alert 1875/77.
Panorama Illustrating Northern Party’s Journey: Double panorama showing areas of Antarctic exploration, probably produced to commemorate Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition.
View of HMS Alert at sunset. From the Expedition of H.M.S.Alert 1875/77.
Lady Melville’s Lake: Marking with flags. 2nd Arctic Expedition 1829-33.
Great Ice Barrier: Looking east from Cape Crozier. Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13.
Men climbing on iceberg: From Expedition of HMS Alert, 1875-77:
Arctic dog from Baffin Bay, sledge, whip, knife and spear.
HMS Alert: Fast in the ice 1876. From the Expedition of HMS Alert 1875/77.
Pink Iceberg: From the Expedition of H.M.S.Alert 1875/77.
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Its leader William Speirs Bruce and the equipment.
Polar Exploration: 25 cigarette cards of significant events and Antarctic scenes. With Captain Scott at centre. Framed.
Setting out: From the Expedition of HMS Alert 1875/77.
Gale at sunrise: Franklin’s Coppermine Expedition 1819-22.
Dog Rib Rock: Preparing an Encampment. Franklin’s Coppermine Expedition 1819-22.
Portrait: Captain Robert Scott after Dr Edward Wilson.
Double Panorama: Western Mountains from Cape Evans. Mount Terror and glaciers. Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13.
Cross marker: From the Expedition of H.M.S.Alert 1875/77
Lunar Corona: Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13.
Polar Exploration: 25 cigarette cards of significant events and Antarctic scenes. With Ernest Shackleton at centre. Framed.
Point Lata: Expedition moving across the ice. Franklin’s Coppermine Expedition 1819-22.
Sunset from Hut Point: Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13.
Eagle. Salomon Andree, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel crashed in an arctic storm two days after take off. Their fate remained a mystery until 1930 when their last camp was discovered by chance.
H.M.S.Alert within the icebergs: From the Expedition of H.M.S.Alert 1875/77.
Officers in the wardroom with the ship’s cat: From the Expedition of H.M.S.Alert 1875/77
Start of the Glacier: From the Expedition of H.M.S.Alert 1875/77.
Camp Scene: Men at camp around a fire. With inset portrait of Otto Nordanskjold, leader of the Swedish Antartic Expedition, 1878-1880.
North Pole Expedition: Departure of the ill fated Eagle at Spitzbergen. Salomon Andree, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel crashed two days after take off. Their fate remained a mystery until 1930 when their last camp was discovered by chance.
Browell Cove Encampment: Franklin’s MacKenzie River Expedition 1824-26
Ramp and Slope of Mount Erebus: Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13.
![Reclus: Louis-Philippe Land, Antarctic. 1894. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 8" x 6". [ANTp26]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ANTp26w.jpg?w=614&h=436&ssl=1 "Reclus: Louis-Philippe Land, Antarctic. 1894. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 8\" x 6\". [ANTp26]")
Hut Point from Observation Hill: Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13.
Double Panorama: Mount Erebus and glaciers to Turk’s head. Royal Society Mountains, Victorialand from Cape Evans. Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13.
![Illustrated London News: Apparatus used by Arctic Explorers. 1876. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 12" x 9". [ARCp477]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/artp477w.jpg?w=591&h=463&ssl=1 "Illustrated London News: Apparatus used by Arctic Explorers. 1876. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 12\" x 9\". [ARCp477]")
![Illustrated London News: Franklin Search Expedition, Arctic. 1881. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 9" x 14". [ARCp445]](https://i0.wp.com/prints.themaphouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/arcp445w.jpg?w=321&h=463&ssl=1 "Illustrated London News: Franklin Search Expedition, Arctic. 1881. A hand coloured original antique wood engraving. 9\" x 14\". [ARCp445]")
Arctic Panorama: From the Expedition of H.M.S.Alert 1875/77.
Radmore Harbour, Kennedy Channel: The Alert stranded in the Ice. Expedition of HMS Alert 1875/77.
Explorers pulling sledge with Union Jack: From the Expedition of HMS Alert 1875/77.
Cape Margaret: Figures disembarking from rowing boat. 2nd Arctic Expedition 1829-33.
Double Panorama: Cape Roberts looking North. Avalanche Cliffs Granite Harbour. Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13.
Double Panorama: Dscovery Bluff looking Northwest. Mount Suess looking South. Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13.
Somerset House: Fury Beach North Somerset. 2nd Arctic Expedition 1829-33.
Saumarez River: Men and dogs pulling sledge in valley by river. 2nd Arctic Expedition 1829-33.
Shoalwater Bay: Franklin’s MacKenzie River Expedition 1824-26
Chukchi Sea in the Arctic Ocean. Hunting of Sea Horses. After John Webber artist on the Third Voyage. Dutch Edition
Iridescent Clouds: Looking towards Cape Evans. Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13.
Copper Mine River at Midnight: View from the Arctic Sea. Franklin’s Coppermine Expedition 1819-22.
Dog Rib Rock: Franklin’s Copper-mine Expedition 1819-22.
Crossing the ice with sledges: From the Expedition of HMS Alert 1875/77.
Shooting Muskox: From the Expedition of H.M.S.Alert 1875/77:
Paraselene (Mock Moon): Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13.
Franklin Expedition 1845-6: Six cards. Elephant seals, Cockburn Island, Weddell Sea, Cape Crozier, Cape Renard and Duivel’s glacier. Framed
Back’s Inlet: Expedition Crossing. Franklin’s MacKenzie River Expedition 1824-26.
Pole Star: Men and Husky: From the Expedition of HMS Alert 1875/77.