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Sailing boat 'Isbjörn' anchored in front of some glacier in Spitsbergen.

This photograph was taken by Austrian photographer en:Wilhelm J. Burger when he accompagnied the Wilczek expedition which was needed to prepare the Payer-Weyprecht expedition.

It is one of the earliest documents from that region, and it is held by (and, to some extent, "was stolen from" ;) Vienna's en:Albertina museum.
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Wilhelm J. Burger  (1844–1920)  wikidata:Q87069
 
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Burger, Wilhelm J.
Description Austrian photographer
Date of birth/death 15 March 1844 Edit this at Wikidata 7 March 1920 / 10 March 1920 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Vienna Vienna
Work period 1867 - ?
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