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| Accession no.: |
Y: 62/14 |
| Object name: |
Egg |
| Title: |
Egg |
| Description: |
An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) egg brought back from the Antarctic in 1840 by Dumont d'Urville's French Naval Expedition 1837-40 (Astrolabe and Zélée). |
| Classified name: |
| SPRI theme |
natural history
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| Current place name |
Antarctic regions
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| UDC |
591.465.1 : 598.45
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| Geographic UDC |
(*7)
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| Getty AAT |
eggs
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| Field collection: |
| Date |
1837 |
| Place |
Antarctic regions |
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
An emperor penguin egg. The egg has a blowing hole at either end, and a central hole which has been covered with a paper disc. The side of the egg is cracked, and the crack has been papered over. Handwritten in ink on the egg is 'Aptenodytes Forsteri // Emperor Penguin' and '769'. There is also a printed paper label stuck to the egg reading '769'.
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| Dimensions: |
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Length: 110mm, diameter: 80mm
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| Associated expedition(s): |
- : French Naval Expedition 1837-40 (Astrolabe and Zélée) (1837 - 1840)
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Scott Polar Research Institute
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