Kunak Mountain in Davis Straits

Kunak Mountain in Davis Straits

Bound volume

John L. Dunmore

Maker
American, 1833–1897

George P. Critcherson

Maker
American, 1823–1892

Kunak Mountain in Davis Straits

The Arctic Regions: Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland


July 1869
Albumen silver print
Image: 10 11/16 × 14 7/8 in. (27.2 × 37.8 cm)
Mount: 19 × 24 1/4 in. (48.2 × 61.6 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1979.0071.0009
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, BC: No. 49. Kunak Mountain in Davis Straits, with the Glacier on its summit. The finest view, showing its form and precipitous sides of 5,000 feet high. There have been \ several attempts to reach its summit, but none of them have ever been successful.
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