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Argo's forlis på Varfluda i 1876
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 Alfred Holt and his second wife Fanny. Both were on boar the ‘Argo’ when it ran aground on the Varfluda in 1876.
Three of those on board ‘Argo’ (I) in 1876 are shown in this photograph of 1889: Philip Holt (far left), his wife Anna (far right), and her sister Hester Emily Booth (sitting beside Anna, patting the dog).
‘Argo’ (I), drawn from a photograph probably taken in 1880.
‘Argo’ (I), photograph probably taken in Norway in 1880.
‘Argo’ (II) sketched in 1888.
Looking south across the Storfjord to Tusvik and Nordvik. The Varfluda lies about in line with the faint rock ‘streak’ on the shore line (left of centre).
Penny and Bill Champion at the Cylindra Gallery, Tusvik, 16 May 2007.(Photo by Kjellbjørn Tusvik).
Marker on the Varfluda (photo by Bjørnar Tusvik). The settlements of Tusvik and Nordvik lie respectively to the left and right of the wooded headland seen behind the rocky outcrop at shore level.
Aerial photo (1949) showing the barn at Nordvik (with turfed roof) where the "Argo" party slept overnight on 10-11 July 1876 after the accident.
Tusvik 1949. Captain Lied’s house, where Alfred Holt, John Scott and Edward Norton stayed in July 1876, is the white house (top centre) beneath the wooded headland. The Varfluda lies offshore of the headland.
Tusvik. Captain Lied's house can just be seen under the bare trees. The north shore of the Storfjord lies in the distance.
The Cylindra Gallery and furniture work-shop is the white building by the shore.
Fragment of a dish plate found on the Varfluda.
More shards of crockery found on the Varfluda.
Water-jug made for the Ocean Steam Ship Company by Ashworth’s of Hanley (collection of Peter Laister).
Mark of the ‘Ocean Steam Ship Company’ on the water-jug.
Bottle found on the Varfluda, manufactured by Cantrell and Cochrane of Dublin and Belfast, soda water producers.
Part of a lid from a pot of ‘Cherry Tooth Paste’ found on the Varfluda.
Pot and lid of John Gosnell Co’s ‘Cherry Tooth Paste’.
Anchor on the Varfluda, thought to come from ‘Argo’ (I).
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