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Picture library catalogue: Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition 1921-22

 

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'Quest' in Hay's warf (sic), London

Record: P56/77/1

View looking down on the deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. Men in sailors caps, others in suits and a boy scout stand at the ship's rail. A small boat and sacks lie on the deck. Barges lie tied to the wharf, on which stand crowds of people, behind.

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'Quest' in Hay's warf (sic), London

Record: P56/77/2

Steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' lies moored to a wharf. Crew members stand on the deck, two children walk on the wharf. Factories and houses in the background.

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'Quest' in Hay's warf (sic), London

Record: P56/77/3

Crowds of people stand on a wharf and at a balconies on a warehouse above. A barge in the foreground.

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'Quest' in Hay's warf (sic), London

Record: P56/77/4

View looking down on the deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' lying moored at a wharf. Men in suits stand on the deck and walk up the gang plank. Crowds of people stand on the wharf, barges lie in the water.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/5

Expedition members stand at the rail of steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. They watch a net being dragged through the sea alongside.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/6

Three expedition members stand at the rail of steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' about to launch a net.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/7

Two expedition members stand on the deck of steam and sail powered ship 'Quest', two more wash her wheel house.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/8

Two expedition members shovel snow off the deck of steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/9

Two expedition members furl the foresail of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/10

Three expedition members work on ropes and block and tackle on the deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. Snow-covered coast in the background.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/11

View along the snow-covered deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. Snow-covered coast in the background.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/12

Two expedition members work at a coil of rope on the snow-covered deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. Another looks out from the wheel house.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/13

Snow-covered deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/14

View over the wheel house of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' over broken pack ice.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/15

View along the side of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/16

Two expedition members stand on the ice at the side of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' attaching a basket to a rope. ANother stands watching. Other crew members watch from the deck.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/17

View of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' beset in the ice.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/18

View of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' beset in the ice.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/19

An expedition member stands on the ice in front of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' beset in the ice.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/20

View over melting pack ice of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' with sails set.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/21

View over melting pack ice of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' with sails set.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/22

View over melting pack ice of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' with sails set.

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Watering ship in floe ice

Record: P56/77/23

Two expedition members stand on broken pack ice next to the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. Others stand at the ship's rail.

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Shackleton and J.Q. Rowett

Record: P56/77/24

Shackleton, writing on a piece of paper, and Rowett, both wearing suits and ties, stand on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'.

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Shackleton

Record: P56/77/25

Portrait of Shackleton, smartly dressed, talking to a woman. Crowds of people in the background.

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Shackleton washing 'Query'

Record: P56/77/26

Shackleton sits on a box on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'. He washes an alsation in a metal basin.

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Members of the expedition on 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/27

Expedition members pose at the stern of the ship 'Quest'.

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Members of the expedition at Shackleton's memorial cross

Record: P56/77/28

Expedition members pose around a cross on a cairn. Snow-covered hillside in the background.

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Frank Wild

Record: P56/77/29

Portrait of Wild on the deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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Frank Wild

Record: P56/77/30

Portrait of Wild on the deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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Frank Worsley at crows-nest of 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/31

Worsley, smoking a pipe, stands in the crow's nest of the ship 'Quest'.

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D.G. Jeffrey and G.V. Douglas taking observations for magnetic dip

Record: P56/77/32

Jeffrey and Douglas stand on ice at scientific instrument standing on a stack of boxes. A theodolite and another instrument on a tripod stand nearby. Another expedition member stands on a mound of ice in the background.

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J.W.S. Marr, J.A. McIlroy, F. Wild and A.H. Macklin

Record: P56/77/33

Marr, McIlroy and Wild sit in a rowing boat lying at a seaweed covered beach, Macklin, holding a rifle stands by the boat. Rocky coast in the background.

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T.F. McLeod, Marr, Jeffrey, J.W. Dell

Record: P56/77/34

Four expedition members sit on the snow-covered deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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G.H. Ross, H.J. Argles, S.S. Young, A.J. Kerr, C.E. Smith

Record: P56/77/35

Five expedition members sit on the snow-covered deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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McIlroy, C.R. Carr, Wild, Macklin

Record: P56/77/36

Four expedition members sit on the snow-covered deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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Portrait

Record: P56/77/37

Portrait of expedition member in suit and tie.

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On board the 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/38

Four expedition members stand at the rail of the ship Sail and steam powered 'Quest'.

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[Shackleton and another man]

Record: P56/77/39

Portrait of Shackleton and another man standing on the deck of a ship.

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[On board the 'Quest']

Record: P56/77/40

Frank Wild, holding a can, stands on the deck of the ship 'Quest' with Ernest Shackleton.

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[Portrait]

Record: P56/77/41

Portrait of two men in sailors caps.

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[Portrait]

Record: P56/77/42

Portrait of a man in a sailor cap.

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Alexander John Kerr, First Engineer

Record: P56/77/43

Portrait of a man in a sailor cap.

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[Shackleton on board the 'Quest']

Record: P56/77/44

Shackleton, in an overcoat, stands on the rain-slicked deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'.

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'Query'

Record: P56/77/45

Portrait of alsation dog.

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St Paul's rocks

Record: P56/77/46

An expedition member stands on rocks. A rope runs from his feet to a rowing boat in the sea below. Four expedition members stand in the boat, one at a steering oar and one pushing off from the rocks with a pole. More rocks behind.

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St Paul's rocks

Record: P56/77/47

View over sea to a rocky island.

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St Paul's rocks

Record: P56/77/48

View over a rocky island.

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St Paul's rocks

Record: P56/77/49

View over the bows of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest', its sails set, towards a rocky island.

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St Paul's rocks

Record: P56/77/50

An expedition member stands in the middle distance on a rocky island.

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St Paul's rocks

Record: P56/77/51

View along the bowsprit of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' towards a rocky island.

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Larsen Harbour, S. Georgia

Record: P56/77/52

View along the bowsprit of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' towards a mountainous, snow-covered coast.

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Drygalski Fjord, S. Georgia

Record: P56/77/53

View over the sea towards a mountainous, snow-covered coast.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/54

Dead whales lie alongside three steam powered whalers lying at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/55

Dead whales lie alongside three steam powered whalers lying at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/56

Steam powered whalers lie at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/57

Steam powered whalers lie at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/58

A man stands on a motor launch which motors across a fjord, a whale carcass tied alongside. Steam powered whalers lie at the shore in front of houses and warehouses behind. Mountains in the background.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/59

View over fjord towards steam powered whalers lying at the shore in front of houses and warehouses behind. Mountains in the background. Tussocky grass in the foreground.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/60

Dead whales lie alongside three steam powered whalers lying at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/61

Dead whales lie at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. A steam powered whaler lies to one side. Mountain behind.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/62

Two men stand amongst whale carcasses on the shore. More dead whales lie in teh sea behind. Steam powered whalers lie moored to one side. Mountains in the distance.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/63

Dead whales lie alongside three steam powered whalers lying at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/64

View looking down on houses and warehouses standing on the shore of a fjord. A sailing ship and two steam ships lie at the shore.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/65

View looking down on sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lying in a fjord. Mountainous coast in the background.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/66

View looking down on houses and warehouses standing on the shore of a fjord. A sailing ship and two steam ships lie at the shore. Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies in the fjord beyond.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/67

View looking down on houses and warehouses standing on the shore of a fjord. A sailing ship and a steam ship lie at the shore.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/68

View looking down on sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lying in a fjord. Mountainous coast in the background.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/69

A man works on the carcass of a whale lying in front of warehouses. Blubber lies at the water's edge in the foreground. Mountainside in the background.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/70

View along the deck of the ship 'Quest', on which stand three men. Two dead whales lie in the water alongside a steam whaler and a motor launch motors across the fjord behind. Coast in the background.

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[Portrait]

Record: P56/77/71

Portrait of an expedition member standing on the deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/72

Two dead whales lie in the water alongside a steam whaler. Coast in the background.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/73

View over snow-covered harbour with buildings and steam ships in the distance. Mountains behind.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/74

View over ice forming on the sea towards steam ships lying close to the shore on which stand warehouses. Snow-covered mountains in the background.

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[Portrait]

Record: P56/77/75

Two men, one smartly dressed, stand outside a wooden house. A small trolley lies on railway tracks to one side, another wooden house stands behind. Mountainside in the background.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/76

A carcass of a whale lies in front of warehouses. Blubber lies at the water's edge in the foreground. Mountainside in the background.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/77

Men work on the carcass of a whale which lies in front of warehouses. Another whale carcass lies in the water in the foreground. Mountainside in the background.

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Grytviken harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/78

A steam ship lies at a jetty by the shore on which stand stacks of barrels. Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies in the fjord behind. Mountainous coast in the background.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/79

View along the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' with two men working on a block and tackle. Mountainous coast in the background.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/80

View of snow-covered mountains.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/81

View over sea of snow-covered mountains.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/82

View of snow-covered mountains.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/83

View of snow-covered mountains.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/84

View over marshy ground with a river running through it to snow-covered mountains.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/85

View over a rough, grassy landscape to snow-covered mountains.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/86

Rocky, snow-covered outcrop. Mountains in the background.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/87

View over tussocky grass to fjord and mountainous coast.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/88

View over snow-covered mountains.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/89

View over sea to rocky island.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/90

View over sea to mountainous coast.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/91

A river runs down a boulder strewn hillside. Snow-covered mountains in the background.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/92

A river runs down a boulder strewn hillside. Snow-covered mountains in the background.

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[South Georgia]

Record: P56/77/93

A river runs down a boulder strewn hillside. Snow-covered mountains in the background.

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Inaccessible Island

Record: P56/77/94

View over a boulder-covered shore towards the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lying at sea. Cliffs to one side.

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Gough Island

Record: P56/77/95

View looking down steep cliffs to sea below.

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Gough Island

Record: P56/77/96

View of steep cliffs.

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Elephant seals

Record: P56/77/97

Elephant seals lie on a sandy beach. Cliffs behind.

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[Hunting] weddell seals in pack ice

Record: P56/77/98

An expedition member holding a rifle walks away from a dead weddell seal lying on ice. Two other seals nearby.

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Wandering albatross

Record: P56/77/99

An expedition member stands next to an albatross which sits in tussocky grass.

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Gentoo penguin

Record: P56/77/100

Penguin with chicks.

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Gentoo penguin on nest

Record: P56/77/101

Penguin with chick sits on a nest of grass.

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Light mantled sooty albatross

Record: P56/77/102

An albatross sits amongst grass on a cliff face.

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Light mantled sooty albatross

Record: P56/77/103

An albatross sits amongst grass on a cliff face.

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Giant petrel

Record: P56/77/104

Petrel sitting on sand.

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Giant petrel and chick

Record: P56/77/105

Petrel sitting on grass with chick.

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Giant petrel on nest

Record: P56/77/106

Petrel sitting on grass nest.

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Young wandering albatross

Record: P56/77/107

Albatross stands amongst grass tussocks.

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Wandering albatross courting

Record: P56/77/108

Two albatross stand amongst grass tussocks.

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Wandering albatross courting

Record: P56/77/109

An albatross with its wings outstretched stands amongst grass tussocks.

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Wandering albatross courting

Record: P56/77/110

Two albatross sit amongst grass tussocks.

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Wandering albatross on nest

Record: P56/77/111

An albatross sits amongst grass tussocks.

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Shackleton and Rowett on 'Quest'

Record: P2002/28/1

Portrait of Shackleton and Rowett in suits and ties.

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Shackleton waving his hat in farewell, London

Record: P2002/28/3

Portrait of Shackleton.

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Shackleton's cabin, where he died (later occupied by Wild)

Record: P2002/28/28

View of interior of cabin on ship 'Quest' showing bunk and bookcase.

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'Quest' in the Thames

Record: P2002/28/30

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' on the River Thames. A man rows a boat at her bows, boats line the bank behind with warehouses and houses in the background.

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Gough Island. The Anchorage and Archway Rock

Record: P2002/28/40

View over sea to cliffs.

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Tristan de Cunha.

Record: P2002/28/120

Three women and one man walking across hillside; women with pans.

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Ascension

Record: P2002/28/126

Wideawakes (sooty terns) on beach.

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Governor's house on Ascension

Record: P2002/28/140

A house stands on a hillside amongst palm trees.

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Ascension

Record: P2002/28/141

Wideawakes (sooty terns) and frigate birds on beach.

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Ascension

Record: P2002/28/142

Wideawakes (sooty terns) and frigate birds on beach.

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Ascension

Record: P2002/28/143

Wideawakes (sooty terns) and frigate birds on beach.

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Work on the rigging Rio de Janeiro

Record: P2002/28/158

Men in the rigging of the main mast of the ship 'Quest'

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Man standing on quayside by ships

Record: P2002/28/177

A man, wearing hat and bow tie, stands amongst pipes, planks of wood and metal on a quayside next to a steam ship.

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'Quest' at quayside

Record: P2002/28/178

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' moored to a quayside. Men stand on the deck and cabin and watch from the quayside.

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Gough Island. The Apostle

Record: P2002/28/180

View over sea to cliffs.

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At Ramsgate. The pilot with his daughter, D.G. Jeffrey and F. Wild and another

Record: P2002/28/239

Portrait of a three men in sailors caps, suits and ties, and two women smartly dressed standing on the deck of the ship 'Quest'. Ropes and machinery and another man leaning on the ship's rail in the background

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Woman visitor on 'Quest'

Record: P2002/28/241

A smartly dressed woman stands on the deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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'Quest' at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands

Record: P2002/28/242

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lying at anchor near to a steam ship and the hulk of a sailing ship. Mountainous coast in the background.

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'Quest' at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands

Record: P2002/28/243

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lying at anchor near to a steam ship and the hulk of a sailing ship. Mountainous coast in the background.

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'Quest' at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands

Record: P2002/28/244

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lying at anchor near to a steam ship. Mountainous coast in the background.

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'Quest' at San Miguel, Azores

Record: P2002/28/245_a

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lying at anchor. Settlement on the coast in the background.

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'Quest' at San Miguel, Azores

Record: P2002/28/245_b

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lying at anchor. Settlement on the coast in the background.

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'Quest' at San Miguel, Azores

Record: P2002/28/245_c

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lying at anchor. Settlement on the coast in the background (blurred image).

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'Quest' at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands

Record: P2002/28/246

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lying at anchor near to a steam ship (partially out of shot). Mountainous coast in the background.

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'Quest' at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands

Record: P2002/28/247

Sailing ships lie at anchor, small boats float nearby. Mountainous coast in the background.

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A.J. Kerr with rowboat on beach, at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands

Record: P2002/28/249

Kerr leans on a rowing boat standing on a sandy beach. Houses and hillside in the background.

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D.G. Jeffrey and C.J. Green fishing at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands

Record: P2002/28/251

Jeffrey and Green fish from a rocky shore, a rowing boat floats in the sea behind. Mountainous coast in the background.

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'Alec' (Macklin?) fishing at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands

Record: P2002/28/250

Macklin fishes from a rocky shore, a rowing boat floats in the sea behind. Mountainous coast in the background.

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Lighthouse at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands

Record: P2002/28/254

A lighthouse stands on a mountainous coast.

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Lighthouse at St Vincent, Cape Verde Islands

Record: P2002/28/255

A lighthouse stands on a mountainous coast.

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Group, including crew, standing near vehicle with crane at San Miguel, Azores

Record: P2002/28/256

A group of men, some smartly dressed, two policemen and a boy stand by buildings next to a trolley with a steam powered crane.

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San Miguel, Azores: rowboats in harbour

Record: P2002/28/259

Rowing boats, some with people on board, and a wooden sailing boat lie at a quayside on which stands a trolley with a steam powered crane on it. A pier in the background.

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'Quest' in Simonstown, South Africa

Record: P2002/28/261

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies at a quayside. Cranes stand behind.

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'Quest' in Simonstown, South Africa

Record: P2002/28/262

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies at a quayside. Cranes stand behind.

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'Quest' approaching San Miguel, Azores

Record: P2002/28/263

Wild and two other expedition members stand at the rail of the ship 'Quest'. Steam ships and mountainous coast in the background.

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'Quest' in motion - stern with white ensign

Record: P2002/28/264

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' seen from the water.

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'Quest' in motion - stern with white ensign

Record: P2002/28/265

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' seen from the water. Expedition members stand at the ship's rail.

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American officers visit the 'Quest', Azores

Record: P2002/28/266

Three men in navy officer's uniforms and three men in suit and ties stand on the deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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Dock scene with crane in foreground

Record: P2002/28/267

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies moored to a dock. A crane stands next to it lifting the mast. Men stand on the dockside.

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