AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections | Men moving the Ahnighito meteorite aboard The Hope, Greenland, [1897]

Men moving the Ahnighito meteorite aboard The Hope, Greenland, [1897]

Identifier

2A3973

Title

Men moving the Ahnighito meteorite aboard The Hope, Greenland, [1897]

Date

[1897]

Creator

Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 (photographer)

Medium

Film negatives

Dimensions

4 x 5

Description

The Ahnighito meteorite is currently on exhibit in the Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites (2019). It was collected on the Peary Expedition to Greenland (1897)

Geographic Location

Greenland

Subject

Field photographs

Expedition documentation

Earth and Planetary Sciences

Peary Expedition to Greenland (1897)

Ahnighito (Meteorite)

Relation

AMNH Library authority record: Ahnighito (Meteorite)

Publisher

American Museum of Natural History Library

Rights

Information on rights available at the repository.

Catalog / Specimen Number

55.26

Repository

American Museum of Natural History

Collection

Photographic Collection

Citation

Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 (photographer), “Men moving the Ahnighito meteorite aboard The Hope, Greenland, [1897],” AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections, accessed March 26, 2023, https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/index.php/items/show/55982.