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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Arctic
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Arctic

Artist Erwin Springweiler (American, 1896 - 1968)
Maker Society of Medallic Arts
CultureAmerican
Date1941
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 x 2 13/16 in. (7.3 x 7.1 cm)
Inscribed"Arctic" and "Greely Bertlett Peary Byrd" on obverse. "Antarctic" and "Palmer Wilkes Byrd Ellsworth" on reverse.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John Taylor Arms
Object number54.51.169
Not on view
DescriptionA polar bear standing on a rock looks up, two birds fly in the background.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Albert Laessle
1934
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Adolph Alexander Weinman
1904
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Adolph Alexander Weinman
1904
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Adolph Alexander Weinman
1904
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Robert Ingersoll Aitken
1937
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Mahonri Mackintosh Young
1943
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Sidney Biehler Waugh
1946
Photograph using Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II 2008
J. J. Swanson
1936