Title: An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay
Object type: Painting
Date: 1871
Culture: American
Artist:  William Bradford 
Artist bio: American, 1823–1892
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 51 3/4 x 78 in. (131.4 x 198.1 cm); framed: 60 x 86 1/2 x 4 in.
Credit line: Gift of Erving and Joyce Wolf, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1982
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Landscapes, term: Ships