SCT411353 The Last Mile, Captain Markham\'s party returning to the ship, 14 June, 1876 (w/c on paper) by Moss, Edward Lawton (1843-80); 7.6x20.2 cm; Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, UK; (add.info.: painted by the staff surgeon of the Alert during the British Arctic Expedition (1875-76) led by Sir George Strong Nares; failed attempt to reach the North Pole, also exploring coasts of Greenland and Ellesmere Island; Admiral Albert Hastings Markham (1841-1918) led a sledge party to the highest latitude ever attained at the time, a record that stood for 20 years;); 穢 Scott Polar Research Institute ; British, out of copyright.