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Watercolor of a sailing ship passing between tall icebergs in rough seas under a dark grey sky.

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The Erebus Passing Through the Chain of Icebergs, Charles Hamilton Smith (1820), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A watercolor shows a sailing ship with furled and billowing sails threading between towering blue-white icebergs under a dark grey sky. Churning foam breaks across the choppy water in the foreground, while a smaller vessel and a faint blue glow appear at the right. The caption beneath reads that the Erebus passes through the chain of icebergs on 13 March 1842.

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