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  • A polar bear is devouring its prey, a seal, on an ice floe in the Arctic sea while three arctic foxes watch eagerly from an adjacent ice floe. Colour lithograph.
  • Arctic raspberry (Rubus arcticus): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1806.
  • Agnes Deans Cameron, the Arctic explorer, feeding a titbit to her pug dog. Photograph, ca. 1911.
  • An arctic fox. Colour lithograph by J Brandard after Captain Ross.
  • A whale being speared with harpoons by fishermen in the Arctic sea. Engraving by A. M. Fournier after E. Traviès.
  • In chronic bronchitis and asthma Choledyl provides effective theophylline blood levels for more than 6 hours : Arctic or Richardson's skua.
  • In chronic bronchitis and asthma Choledyl provides effective theophylline blood levels for more than 6 hours : Arctic or Richardson's skua.
  • Eight different specimen of seals sitting on ice floes in the Arctic sea. Coloured etching by J. Bower after J. Stewart.
  • A polar bear standing on an ice floe in the Arctic sea. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.
  • A polar bear standing next to its prey, a dead seal, on an ice floe in the Arctic sea. Colour lithograph after W. Kuhnert.
  • Above, a dog from the arctic highlands; below, a sledge, a whip and a knife. Etching by S. Hall.
  • Captain Cook's men shooting at a herd of walrus in the Arctic Ocean during his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by E. Scott and J. Heath, 1784 after J. Webber.
  • In chronic bronchitis and asthma Choledyl provides effective theophylline blood levels for more than 6 hours : arctic or Richardson's skua.
  • In chronic bronchitis and asthma Choledyl provides effective theophylline blood levels for more than 6 hours : arctic or Richardson's skua.
  • M0002316: Reproduction of a portrait of Sir John Richardson (1787-1865) F.R.S., Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer
  • M0002316: Reproduction of a portrait of Sir John Richardson (1787-1865) F.R.S., Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer
  • Two polar bears despoiling the remains of a shipwreck in a desolate arctic setting. Reproduction of an oil painting by E. H. Landseer.
  • Six amphibious arctic mammals, including a walrus, a sea lion and a seal, shown in their natural habitat. Line engraving by J. Scott after S. Edwards.
  • Men and dogs in an arctic landscape with three hot-air balloons: proposed method of reaching the North Pole by J.P. Cheyne. Coloured wood engraving by C. Roberts.
  • Rhodiola rosea L. Crassulaceae Golden root, roseroot Distribution: Arctic, Eastern North America, mountains of central Asia. Herbalists regard it as having curative properties for diseases as diverse as cancer, influenza, depression and other conditions. It has not been licensed for use in manufactured herbal medicines in the UK. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A puffin (Fratercula arctica). Colour lithograph, ca. 1875.
  • Inuit snow goggles and wooden case
  • Inuit snow goggles and wooden case
  • Inuit snow goggles and wooden case
  • Inuit snow goggles and wooden case
  • A polar bear encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by P. Mazell, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Three balloons travel over a polar landscape: proposed method of reaching the North Pole by J.P. Cheyne. Coloured wood engraving by C. Roberts, 1877.
  • Monument to Sir John Franklin in the Painted Hall at Greenwich Hospital. Wood engraving after R. Westmacott, 1859.
  • Photo of plaster cast of Cape York native
  • A sea leopard (phoca leopardina) sitting on a rock in the sea. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars after J. Stewart.