Freeze Frame
View some of the earliest photographs of the Arctic, its landscape and people in Greenwich
To coincide with International Polar Year, the National Maritime Museum displays some of the earliest photographs of the Arctic, its landscape and people.
Freeze Frame will showcase a selection of prints taken from the Museum's world-class historic photographs collection. The exhibition will look at two expeditions to the Arctic under Captain Edward Inglefield in 1854, and Captain George Nares in 1875-76.
Both expeditions used photographic processes that were in their infancy, having been announced to the public only a few years before. Both processes involved a significant amount of bulky equipment and chemicals in order to develop the negatives. However, the technique used by Nares had a shorter exposure time allowing more photographs of the expedition activities to be recorded.
The exhibition runs from Tuesday January 1st to Wednesday December 31st and is open daily from 10am to 5pm excepting June 24th December 24th, 25th and 26th.
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How to get there
The closest DLR station is at the Cutty Sark, the closest overground station is at Greenwich Station.
If travelling by bus the 188, 177, 180, 199, 286 and 386 all stop near by.
