View of the Devil's Thumb Taken About Two Miles from the Base of the Mountain
Bound volume
View of the Devil's Thumb Taken About Two Miles from the Base of the Mountain
The Arctic Regions: Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland
August 1869
Albumen silver print
Image: 10 5/16 × 14 9/16 in. (26.2 × 37 cm)
Mount: 19 × 24 1/4 in. (48.2 × 61.6 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1979.0071.0014
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, BC: No. 92. View of the Devil's Thumb, taken about two miles from the base of the mountain, which is nearly two thousand feet high. This locality is always avoided by the exploring \ expeditions and whalers, on account of the numerous icebergs and the danger of getting nipped among the floes, which are constantly changing, owing to the currents and wind. Many \ whalers have been crushed in this locality.
