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Figures around a cairn in Cross Bay, Wrangel Island, Novaya Zemlya
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Figures around a cairn in Cross Bay, Wrangel Island, Novaya Zemlya

Louis Apol · c. 1880-07 - c. 1880-09 · geruit papier; pencil

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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A cairn is a pile of stones under which messages were left. Leaf 78 recto from a sketchbook with 110 leaves annotated during the expedition to Novaya Zemlya in 1880.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
schetsboekbladboulder, stoneWrangel-eilandKruisbaaiNova Zembla expedities 1880
Credit lineFiguren rond een cairn in de Kruisbaai te Wrangeleiland, Nova Zembla. c. 1880-07 - c. 1880-09. Louis Apol. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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