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The cross on Observation Hill

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Accession no.: P56/68/16/22
Title: The cross on Observation Hill
Description: View across rocks towards rear of a wooden cross, inscribed (not visible here) with the names of the fatal party from the Terra Nova Expedition 1910-1913: Wilson, Scott, Oates, Bowers, and Evans, and a short quote from the Alfred Tennyson poem 'Ulysses' which reads 'To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.'
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 35mm; height: 25mm
Location: Antarctica, Ross Dependency
Image by: Foster, M.J.
Colour or B&W?: Black and white