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'Quest' in Hay's warf (sic), LondonRecord: P56/77/1View 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), LondonRecord: P56/77/2Steam 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), LondonRecord: P56/77/3Crowds 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), LondonRecord: P56/77/4View 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: P56/77/5Expedition 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: P56/77/6Three 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: P56/77/7Two 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: P56/77/8Two expedition members shovel snow off the deck of steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. |
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Activities on board 'Quest'Record: P56/77/9Two expedition members furl the foresail of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. |
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Activities on board 'Quest'Record: P56/77/10Three 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: P56/77/11View 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: P56/77/12Two 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: P56/77/13Snow-covered deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. |
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Activities on board 'Quest'Record: P56/77/14View 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: P56/77/15View along the side of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. |
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'Quest' in pack iceRecord: P56/77/16Two 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 iceRecord: P56/77/17View of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' beset in the ice. |
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'Quest' in pack iceRecord: P56/77/18View of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' beset in the ice. |
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'Quest' in pack iceRecord: P56/77/19An 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 iceRecord: P56/77/20View over melting pack ice of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' with sails set. |
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'Quest' in pack iceRecord: P56/77/21View over melting pack ice of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' with sails set. |
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'Quest' in pack iceRecord: P56/77/22View over melting pack ice of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' with sails set. |
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Watering ship in floe iceRecord: P56/77/23Two 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. RowettRecord: P56/77/24Shackleton, 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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ShackletonRecord: P56/77/25Portrait of Shackleton, smartly dressed, talking to a woman. Crowds of people in the background. |
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Shackleton washing 'Query'Record: P56/77/26Shackleton 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: P56/77/27Expedition members pose at the stern of the ship 'Quest'. |
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Members of the expedition at Shackleton's memorial crossRecord: P56/77/28Expedition members pose around a cross on a cairn. Snow-covered hillside in the background. |
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Frank WildRecord: P56/77/29Portrait of Wild on the deck of the ship 'Quest'. |
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Frank WildRecord: P56/77/30Portrait of Wild on the deck of the ship 'Quest'. |
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Frank Worsley at crows-nest of 'Quest'Record: P56/77/31Worsley, 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 dipRecord: P56/77/32Jeffrey 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. MacklinRecord: P56/77/33Marr, 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. DellRecord: P56/77/34Four 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. SmithRecord: P56/77/35Five expedition members sit on the snow-covered deck of the ship 'Quest'. |
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McIlroy, C.R. Carr, Wild, MacklinRecord: P56/77/36Four expedition members sit on the snow-covered deck of the ship 'Quest'. |
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PortraitRecord: P56/77/37Portrait of expedition member in suit and tie. |
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On board the 'Quest'Record: P56/77/38Four expedition members stand at the rail of the ship Sail and steam powered 'Quest'. |
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[Shackleton and another man]Record: P56/77/39Portrait of Shackleton and another man standing on the deck of a ship. |
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[On board the 'Quest']Record: P56/77/40Frank Wild, holding a can, stands on the deck of the ship 'Quest' with Ernest Shackleton. |
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[Portrait]Record: P56/77/41Portrait of two men in sailors caps. |
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[Portrait]Record: P56/77/42Portrait of a man in a sailor cap. |
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Alexander John Kerr, First EngineerRecord: P56/77/43Portrait of a man in a sailor cap. |
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[Shackleton on board the 'Quest']Record: P56/77/44Shackleton, in an overcoat, stands on the rain-slicked deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'. |
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'Query'Record: P56/77/45Portrait of alsation dog. |
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St Paul's rocksRecord: P56/77/46An 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 rocksRecord: P56/77/47View over sea to a rocky island. |
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St Paul's rocksRecord: P56/77/48View over a rocky island. |
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St Paul's rocksRecord: P56/77/49View 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 rocksRecord: P56/77/50An expedition member stands in the middle distance on a rocky island. |
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St Paul's rocksRecord: P56/77/51View along the bowsprit of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' towards a rocky island. |
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Larsen Harbour, S. GeorgiaRecord: P56/77/52View along the bowsprit of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' towards a mountainous, snow-covered coast. |
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Drygalski Fjord, S. GeorgiaRecord: P56/77/53View over the sea towards a mountainous, snow-covered coast. |
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Price Olaf harbour and whaling stationRecord: P56/77/54Dead 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 stationRecord: P56/77/55Dead 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 stationRecord: P56/77/56Steam powered whalers lie at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind. |
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Price Olaf harbour and whaling stationRecord: P56/77/57Steam powered whalers lie at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind. |
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Price Olaf harbour and whaling stationRecord: P56/77/58A 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 stationRecord: P56/77/59View 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 stationRecord: P56/77/60Dead 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 stationRecord: P56/77/61Dead 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 stationRecord: P56/77/62Two 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 stationRecord: P56/77/63Dead 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 stationRecord: P56/77/64View 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 stationRecord: P56/77/65View 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 stationRecord: P56/77/66View 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 stationRecord: P56/77/67View 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 stationRecord: P56/77/68View 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 stationRecord: P56/77/69A 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 stationRecord: P56/77/70View 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: P56/77/71Portrait of an expedition member standing on the deck of the ship 'Quest'. |
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Grytviken harbour and whaling stationRecord: P56/77/72Two dead whales lie in the water alongside a steam whaler. Coast in the background. |
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Grytviken harbour and whaling stationRecord: P56/77/73View over snow-covered harbour with buildings and steam ships in the distance. Mountains behind. |
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Grytviken harbour and whaling stationRecord: P56/77/74View 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: P56/77/75Two 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 stationRecord: P56/77/76A 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 stationRecord: P56/77/77Men 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 stationRecord: P56/77/78A 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: P56/77/79View 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: P56/77/80View of snow-covered mountains. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/81View over sea of snow-covered mountains. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/82View of snow-covered mountains. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/83View of snow-covered mountains. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/84View over marshy ground with a river running through it to snow-covered mountains. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/85View over a rough, grassy landscape to snow-covered mountains. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/86Rocky, snow-covered outcrop. Mountains in the background. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/87View over tussocky grass to fjord and mountainous coast. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/88View over snow-covered mountains. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/89View over sea to rocky island. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/90View over sea to mountainous coast. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/91A river runs down a boulder strewn hillside. Snow-covered mountains in the background. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/92A river runs down a boulder strewn hillside. Snow-covered mountains in the background. |
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[South Georgia]Record: P56/77/93A river runs down a boulder strewn hillside. Snow-covered mountains in the background. |
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Inaccessible IslandRecord: P56/77/94View 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 IslandRecord: P56/77/95View looking down steep cliffs to sea below. |
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Gough IslandRecord: P56/77/96View of steep cliffs. |
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Elephant sealsRecord: P56/77/97Elephant seals lie on a sandy beach. Cliffs behind. |
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[Hunting] weddell seals in pack iceRecord: P56/77/98An expedition member holding a rifle walks away from a dead weddell seal lying on ice. Two other seals nearby. |
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Wandering albatrossRecord: P56/77/99An expedition member stands next to an albatross which sits in tussocky grass. |
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Gentoo penguinRecord: P56/77/100Penguin with chicks. |
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Gentoo penguin on nestRecord: P56/77/101Penguin with chick sits on a nest of grass. |
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Light mantled sooty albatrossRecord: P56/77/102An albatross sits amongst grass on a cliff face. |
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Light mantled sooty albatrossRecord: P56/77/103An albatross sits amongst grass on a cliff face. |
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Giant petrelRecord: P56/77/104Petrel sitting on sand. |
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Giant petrel and chickRecord: P56/77/105Petrel sitting on grass with chick. |
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Giant petrel on nestRecord: P56/77/106Petrel sitting on grass nest. |
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Young wandering albatrossRecord: P56/77/107Albatross stands amongst grass tussocks. |
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Wandering albatross courtingRecord: P56/77/108Two albatross stand amongst grass tussocks. |
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Wandering albatross courtingRecord: P56/77/109An albatross with its wings outstretched stands amongst grass tussocks. |
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Wandering albatross courtingRecord: P56/77/110Two albatross sit amongst grass tussocks. |
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Wandering albatross on nestRecord: P56/77/111An albatross sits amongst grass tussocks. |
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Shackleton and Rowett on 'Quest'Record: P2002/28/1Portrait of Shackleton and Rowett in suits and ties. |
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Shackleton waving his hat in farewell, LondonRecord: P2002/28/3Portrait of Shackleton. |
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Shackleton's cabin, where he died (later occupied by Wild)Record: P2002/28/28View of interior of cabin on ship 'Quest' showing bunk and bookcase. |
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'Quest' in the ThamesRecord: P2002/28/30Sail 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 RockRecord: P2002/28/40View over sea to cliffs. |
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Tristan de Cunha.Record: P2002/28/120Three women and one man walking across hillside; women with pans. |
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AscensionRecord: P2002/28/126Wideawakes (sooty terns) on beach. |
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Governor's house on AscensionRecord: P2002/28/140A house stands on a hillside amongst palm trees. |
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AscensionRecord: P2002/28/141Wideawakes (sooty terns) and frigate birds on beach. |
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AscensionRecord: P2002/28/142Wideawakes (sooty terns) and frigate birds on beach. |
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AscensionRecord: P2002/28/143Wideawakes (sooty terns) and frigate birds on beach. |
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Work on the rigging Rio de JaneiroRecord: P2002/28/158Men in the rigging of the main mast of the ship 'Quest' |
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Man standing on quayside by shipsRecord: P2002/28/177A 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 quaysideRecord: P2002/28/178Sail 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 ApostleRecord: P2002/28/180View over sea to cliffs. |
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At Ramsgate. The pilot with his daughter, D.G. Jeffrey and F. Wild and anotherRecord: P2002/28/239Portrait 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: P2002/28/241A smartly dressed woman stands on the deck of the ship 'Quest'. |
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'Quest' at St Vincent, Cape Verde IslandsRecord: P2002/28/242Sail 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 IslandsRecord: P2002/28/243Sail 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 IslandsRecord: P2002/28/244Sail 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, AzoresRecord: P2002/28/245_aSail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lying at anchor. Settlement on the coast in the background. |
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'Quest' at San Miguel, AzoresRecord: P2002/28/245_bSail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lying at anchor. Settlement on the coast in the background. |
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'Quest' at San Miguel, AzoresRecord: P2002/28/245_cSail 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 IslandsRecord: P2002/28/246Sail 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 IslandsRecord: P2002/28/247Sailing 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 IslandsRecord: P2002/28/249Kerr 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 IslandsRecord: P2002/28/251Jeffrey 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 IslandsRecord: P2002/28/250Macklin 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 IslandsRecord: P2002/28/254A lighthouse stands on a mountainous coast. |
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Lighthouse at St Vincent, Cape Verde IslandsRecord: P2002/28/255A lighthouse stands on a mountainous coast. |
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Group, including crew, standing near vehicle with crane at San Miguel, AzoresRecord: P2002/28/256A 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 harbourRecord: P2002/28/259Rowing 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 AfricaRecord: P2002/28/261Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies at a quayside. Cranes stand behind. |
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'Quest' in Simonstown, South AfricaRecord: P2002/28/262Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies at a quayside. Cranes stand behind. |
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'Quest' approaching San Miguel, AzoresRecord: P2002/28/263Wild 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 ensignRecord: P2002/28/264Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' seen from the water. |
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'Quest' in motion - stern with white ensignRecord: P2002/28/265Sail 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', AzoresRecord: P2002/28/266Three 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 foregroundRecord: P2002/28/267Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies moored to a dock. A crane stands next to it lifting the mast. Men stand on the dockside. |

