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Picture Library catalogue: British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37

 

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Base and 'Penola' from Galindez Island, June 1935

Record: P51/8/A153

View looking down on sailing ship 'Penola' anchored in an icebound bay. Base hut in distance, mountains in background.

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Lemaire Channel from Galindez Island, June 1935

Record: P51/8/A154

View over coast and mountains.

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Lemaire Channel from Meteorological Hill, June 1935

Record: P51/8/A155

Hut with weather vane, weather station and sunshine recorder stand in the snow in the foreground. View over coast and mountains behind.

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Nigger

Record: P51/8/A156

Portrait of a sled dog.

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Lemaire Channel from Meteorological Hill, June 1935 (without filter)

Record: P51/8/A157

Hut with weather vane, weather station and sunshine recorder stand in the snow in the foreground. View over coast and mountains behind.

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Hut and coast to south-east from Meteorological Hill, June, 1935

Record: P51/8/A158

View looking down on Base hut. Coast and mountains in background.

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Pinasok

Record: P51/8/A159

Portrait of a sled dog.

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Pinasok

Record: P51/8/A160

Portrait of a sled dog.

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Shaggy

Record: P51/8/A161

Portrait of a sled dog.

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Ice cliff from bedroom window, Winter Island, March-April 1935

Record: P51/8/A162

Open window looking towards ice cliff.

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Ice cliff from bedroom window, Winter Island, March-April 1935

Record: P51/8/A163

Open window looking towards ice cliff.

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'Penola' and plane

Record: P51/8/A164

View looking down on sailing ship 'Penola' anchored in an icebound bay. Mountains in background.

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House from Meteorological Hill, April, 1935

Record: P51/8/A165

View looking down on Base hut. Coast and mountains in background.

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Digging ice cave for storing seals

Record: P51/8/A166

Two expedition members stand in a wedge cut out of an ice slope. One leans on a pickaxe. A shovel stands in the snow behind.

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Digging ice cave for storing seals

Record: P51/8/A167

Two expedition members stand in a wedge cut out of an ice slope. One leans on a pickaxe. A shovel stands in the snow behind.

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'Penola' and plane from Meteorological Hill, dull day

Record: P51/8/A168

View looking down on sailing ship 'Penola' anchored in an icebound bay. Mountains in background.

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Base from Meteorological Hill

Record: P51/8/A169

View looking down on Base hut. Coast and mountains in background.

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'Penola' and plane from Meteorological Hill, dull day

Record: P51/8/A170

View looking down on sailing ship 'Penola' anchored in an icebound bay. Biplane floats next to it. Mountains in background.

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'Penola' and plane from Meteorological Hill, fine day

Record: P51/8/A171

View looking down on sailing ship 'Penola' anchored in an icebound bay. Biplane floats next to it. Mountains in background.

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Loading at Port Lockroy, February 1935

Record: P51/8/A172

Two expedition members stand on the deck of the sailing ship 'Penola'. Hatches lie open in the foreground. Sea with ice floes in the background.

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Deck cargo and dogs leaving Doumer Island, February 1935

Record: P51/8/A173

An expedition member sits on the gunwale of the sailing ship 'Penola'. Boxes, barrels and timber are packed on to the decks. Dogs lie on the cargo. Sails are furled.

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Deck cargo and dogs leaving Doumer Island, February 1935

Record: P51/8/A174

An expedition member stands on the gunwale of the sailing ship 'Penola'. Boxes, barrels and timber are packed on to the decks. Dogs lie on the cargo. Sails are furled.

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Deck cargo and dogs leaving Doumer Island, February 1935

Record: P51/8/A175

Two expedition members stand on a cabin on the deck of the sailing ship 'Penola'. Another, along with four sled dogs, sits in a wooden rowing boat which lays on the deck. Three more rowing boats lie stacked together on the deck. Ropes hang off the ship's rail, timber and barrels lie on the deck.

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E.W.B., Wolf and Nano in dory on 'Penola'

Record: P51/8/A176

Bingham, smoking a pipe, holds two sled dogs in a rowing boat. Another expedition member looks on.

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Interior of house and hangar half built, February 1935

Record: P51/8/A177

Stack of timber in foreground. Five expedition members stand in a wooden frame of house behind.

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Interior of house and hangar half built, February 1935

Record: P51/8/A178

Stack of timber in foreground. Four expedition members stand in a wooden frame of house behind.

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Hangar and house from distance

Record: P51/8/A179

Wooden hut on Winter Island stands on a gravel shore. Boxes and barrels stacked all around. An expedition member works on the roof.

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Cape Renaud

Record: P51/8/A189

Outcrop of rock rises above the sea.

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Meteorological Hill with coast in background, August 1935

Record: P51/8/A195

Hut with anemometer and windvane, weather station and sunshine recorder stand at the top of a snow slope. Mountains in the background.

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Sunrise in Lemaire Channel, July, 1935

Record: P51/8/A196

View looking down on sailing ship 'Penola' anchored in an icebound bay. Sun rising behind mountains in background.

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Sunrise in Lemaire Channel, July, 1935

Record: P51/8/A197

View over snow field to coast. Sun rising behind mountains in background.

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Surveying in Beascochea Bay, August 1935

Record: P51/8/A202

A dog team lies on a flat snow field harnessed to an upturned empty sledge. A tripod stands near them. Mountains in the background.

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Campsite in Beascochea Bay, August 1935

Record: P51/8/A203

An expedition member stands next to an upturned empty sledge on a flat snow field. Harnessed dogs sit and lie on the snow nearby. Two pyramid tents are pitched below a cliff in the background.

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Nigger and Ginger

Record: P51/8/A204

Three sled dogs lie on the snow. Pyramid tent and skis standing upright in the background.

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Nigger and Ginger

Record: P51/8/A205

Portrait of a sled dog.

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Nigger and Ginger

Record: P51/8/A206

Portrait of a sled dog.

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Nigger and Ginger

Record: P51/8/A207

Portrait of a sled dog.

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Ship at low tide, September 1935

Record: P51/8/A208

View of the stern of the sailing ship 'Penola' at anchor in the ice.

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Base at low tide, September 1935

Record: P51/8/A209

View over snow slope towards hut on Winter Island.

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Campsite at Chavez Island (W/T aerial)

Record: P51/8/A210

A pyramid tent is pitched on a snow field. Skis stand in the snow next to it. An upturned empty sledge and sledge dogs lie nearby. A wire is stretched between posts standing in the snow. Mountains in the background.

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Base at low tide, September 1935

Record: P51/8/A211

View over snow towards hut on Winter Island.

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Time signal receiver at camp shown in A210, September 1935

Record: P51/8/A212

Radio equipment stands on a box next to a pyramid tent which is pitched on a snow field. Skis stand in the snow next to it and an expedition member looks in a bag next to the tent. Mountains in the background.

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Watts 3 1/4 inch theodolite

Record: P51/8/A213

Close up of theodolite.

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Betty

Record: P51/8/A214

Portrait of sled dog.

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Camp, Chavez Island, September 1935

Record: P51/8/A215

A pyramid tent is pitched on a snow field. Skis stand in the snow next to it. An upturned empty sledge and sledge dogs lie nearby. Icebergs and mountains in the background.

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Pig

Record: P51/8/A216

Portrait of sled dog.

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Time signal receiver, September 1935

Record: P51/8/A217

Close up of radio equipment standing on a box.

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Taking plane out, August 1935

Record: P51/8/A218

Two expedition members stand at the open doors of a hangar. They pull at the tailplane of a biplane.

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Taking plane out, August 1935

Record: P51/8/A219

Three expedition members push a De Havilland Moth biplane down a snow slope. Shovels stand on the snow nearby.

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Ice cave opposite Winter Island, August 1935

Record: P51/8/A220

An expedition member stands in an ice cave. Icicles hang from the roof.

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Taking out plane

Record: P51/8/A221

De Havilland Moth biplane stands on the snow in the middle distance by the wooden hut on Winter Island. A boat covered in a tarpaulin stands on the snow in front of the hut. Expedition members and sled dogs stand nearby.

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Taking out plane

Record: P51/8/A222

Two expedition members push at the tail of a De Havilland Moth biplane on skis on the snow. Other expedition members, partially out of shot pull at the front of the aeroplane. Mountains in the background.

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Taking out plane

Record: P51/8/A223

De Havilland Moth biplane stands on the snow in the middle distance by the wooden hut on Winter Island. A boat covered in a tarpaulin stands on the snow in front of the hut. Expedition members and sled dogs stand nearby.

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Ice cave

Record: P51/8/A224

An expedition member stands in an ice cave. Icicles hang from the roof.

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Ice cave

Record: P51/8/A225

View from inside an ice cave towards the hut on Winter Island. Icicles hang from the roof of the cave.

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I.F.M. [Ian Forbes Meiklejohn]

Record: P51/8/A226

Portrait of Meiklejohn.

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W.L.S.F. getting ice for drinking water, November 1935

Record: P51/8/A227

Fleming stands in a hole in the ice. He shovels ice into a barrel which stands on a sledge next to the hole. Masts of the sailing ship 'Penola' behind a snow-covered hill in the background.

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W.L.S.F. getting ice for drinking water, November 1935

Record: P51/8/A228

Fleming stands in a hole in the ice. A barrel stands on a sledge next to the hole.

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W.L.S.F. getting ice for drinking water, November 1935

Record: P51/8/A229

Fleming stands in a hole in the ice. A shovel leans on the wall inside the hole.

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First sign of open water in the creek, November 1935

Record: P51/8/A230

View looking down on hut on Winter Island. Water in creek which flows between two ice cliffs nearby. Frozen sea and mountains in the background.

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Sunday afternoon (W.E.Hampton, I.F.Meiklejohn, V.D.Carse)

Record: P51/8/A231

Meiklejohn, on skis, leans on a weather station. Hampton puts a hat on his head and Carse looks on.

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Sunday afternoon (W.E.Hampton, I.F.Meiklejohn, V.D.Carse)

Record: P51/8/A232

Hampton, Meiklejohn and Carse stand in line, laughing.

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Sunshine recorder showing height of drift, November 1935

Record: P51/8/A233

Sunshine recorder surrounded by deep snow.

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W.E.Hampton and Haggy

Record: P51/8/A234

Hampton kneels on the snow, a sled dog sits in front of him.

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A.S.'s team at its base home

Record: P51/8/A235

Sled dogs stand and lie in the snow around an aerial mast. Boat under tarpaulin and hut in background.

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I.F.Meiklejohn going downhill, Winter Island

Record: P51/8/A236

Meiklejohn skis down a slope.

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J.R.Rymill and Crow

Record: P51/8/A237

Rymill kneels, patting a sled dog. Hut with stacked boxes around it in the background.

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J.R.Rymill and Crow

Record: P51/8/A238

Rymill kneels, patting a sled dog.

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Stella Creek opening up, October 1935

Record: P51/8/A239

Broken ice on the surface of a creek next to an ice cliff across a snow field.

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W.L.S.Fleming carrying dead baby seal

Record: P51/8/A240

Fleming carries a dead baby seal past an empty sledge. Sled dogs run towards him. Sailing ship 'Penola's masts in the background.

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'Stella' on land after thaw

Record: P51/8/A241

Wooden boat stands on wooden blocks on stoney ground. Boxes and barrels and a rudder are stacked behind. Hut in background.

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'Stella' on land after thaw

Record: P51/8/A242

Wooden boat stands on wooden blocks on stoney ground. Boxes and barrels and a rudder are stacked to one side.

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'Penola' decorated, Christmas Day 1935

Record: P51/8/A243

Sailing ship 'Penola' with flags on her rigging floats in ice in a bay.

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'Penola' decorated, Christmas Day 1935

Record: P51/8/A244

Sailing ship 'Penola' with flags on her rigging floats in ice in a bay.

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Preparing 'Stella' and plane for summer work, December 1935

Record: P51/8/A245

A wooden sailing boat 'Stella', a wooden rowing boat and a De Havilland Moth biplane stand on stoney ground outside the hangar. Hut adjoins the hangar behind.

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Preparing 'Stella' and plane for summer work, December 1935

Record: P51/8/A246

A wooden sailing boat 'Stella', a wooden rowing boat and a sledge stand on timber on stoney ground. Riley sits in the sailing boat. Broken ice in creek and ice cave behind.

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A-Cu, after storm at end of December, 1935

Record: P51/8/A247

Clouds over hills.

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Plane on slipway, December 1935

Record: P51/8/A248

De Havilland Moth biplane stands on wooden ramps on stoney ground outside the hangar. Wooden cases stand stacked against the hangar. Hut adjoins the hangar behind.

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A-Cu (overexposed), December 1935

Record: P51/8/A249

Clouds over hills. Water in foreground.

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A-Cu (overexposed), December 1935

Record: P51/8/A250

Clouds over hills. Water in foreground.

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Meteorological hut being propped up during the thaw, December 1935

Record: P51/8/A251

Wooden hut standing on legs in water.

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Meteorological hut being propped up during the thaw, December 1935

Record: P51/8/A252

Wooden hut standing on legs in water.

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A.Stephenson at big sewing machine in hangar

Record: P51/8/A253

Stephenson sits at sewing machine in the hangar. Tailplane behind

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Ice cliff opposite base on Galindez Island before calving, December 1935

Record: P51/8/A254

Ice cliff over water with small floes.

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Ice cliff opposite base on Galindez Island before calving, December 1935

Record: P51/8/A255

Ice cliff over water with small floes.

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Ice cliff opposite base on Galindez Island after calving, December 1935

Record: P51/8/A256

Ice cliff over water with floes.

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Ice cliff opposite base on Galindez Island after calving, December 1935

Record: P51/8/A257

Ice cliff over water with floes.

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Clouds after storm, December 30th 1935

Record: P51/8/A258

Clouds over mountains in distance. Snow field sloping down to sea in foreground.

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Clouds after storm, December 30th 1935

Record: P51/8/A259

Clouds over mountains in distance. Snow field and snow-covered slope in foreground.

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Clouds after storm, December 30th 1935

Record: P51/8/A260

View over snow slope towards clouds over mountains in distance.

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Clouds after storm, December 30th 1935

Record: P51/8/A261

View over snow slope towards coast and clouds over mountains in distance. Sailing ship 'Penola' at anchor in middle distance.

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Looking north up coast from landing place for inland journey, January 1936

Record: P51/8/A262

View along coast. Mountains in background.

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Looking north up coast from landing place for inland journey, January 1936

Record: P51/8/A263

View along coast. Mountains in background.

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Looking north up coast from landing place for inland journey, January 1936

Record: P51/8/A264

View along coast. Mountains in background.

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Looking north up coast from landing place for inland journey, January 1936

Record: P51/8/A266

View along coast. Mountains in background.

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Ice face of glacier [at landing place for inland journey], situation with Cape Tuxen in background

Record: P51/8/A267

An expedition member stands on a rocky promontory. Glacier face above water behind. Mountains in the background.

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Close up of [glacier] ice-face [at landing place for inland journey], January 1936

Record: P51/8/A268

Glacier face with mountains behind.

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Close up of [glacier] ice-face [at landing place for inland journey], January 1936

Record: P51/8/A269

Glacier face with mountains behind.

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Close up of [glacier] ice-face [at landing place for inland journey], January 1936

Record: P51/8/A270

Glacier face with mountains behind.

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Close up of [glacier] ice-face [at landing place for inland journey], January 1936

Record: P51/8/A271

Glacier face above water with mountains behind.

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Sleeping out by freshwater pool on rocks [at landing place for inland journey]

Record: P51/8/A272

An expedition member lies in a sleeping bag on rocks above a pool. Boxes and clothes lie on the rocks next to him. Ice face of glacier behind.

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Close up of [glacier] ice-face [at landing place for inland journey], January 1936

Record: P51/8/A273

Glacier face above water with mountains behind.

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Cape Tuxen in background. Looking down on top of glacier [at landing place for inland journey]. Taken from where sledging began. January 1936

Record: P51/8/A274

View down a snow slope to the sea. Rocky promontory in the background.

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Shaggy and A.S.'s team, with tent on slope, January 1936

Record: P51/8/A275

View up a snow-covered slope to a harnessed sled dog team. Pyramid tent pitched behind.

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Argentine Islands from [camp at start of inland sledging journey], January 1936

Record: P51/8/A276

Pyramid tent pitched on slope, harnessed dogs and sledge with expedition member below. Sea with ice floes and islands in the distance. Silhouette of photographer on snow in foreground.

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Argentine Islands from [camp at start of inland sledging journey], January 1936

Record: P51/8/A277

View over snow-covered slope to sea with ice floes and islands in the distance.

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Camp inland, by Mount Boland, January 1936

Record: P51/8/A278

An expedition member stands by a pyramid tent pitched on a snow field. Skis stand in snow next to the tent. Another expedition member stands next to a sledge laden with boxes. Mountain in the background.

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Looking south-west along coast towards Larrouy Island, from Camp by Mount Boland, January 1936

Record: P51/8/A279

An expedition member stands by a pyramid tent pitched on a snow field. Another expedition member stands next to a sledge laden with boxes. Skis stand in snow and another sledge lies on the snow. Sea and coast in the background.

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Looking south-west along coast towards Larrouy Island, from Camp by Mount Boland, January 1936

Record: P51/8/A280

Pyramid tent pitched on a snow field. Skis stand in snow and another sledge lies on the snow. Sea and coast in the background.

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Looking south-west along coast towards Larrouy Island, from Camp by Mount Boland, January 1936

Record: P51/8/A281

View over snow to coast, sea and islands.

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J.R.Rymill and E.W.Bingham washing Bill after having 'shawn' him for mange, January 1936

Record: P51/8/A282

Rymill and Bingham wash a sled dog in a metal bucket. Another expedition member and hut in background.

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J.R.Rymill and E.W.Bingham washing Bill after having shawn him for 'mange', January 1936

Record: P51/8/A283

Rymill, smoking a pipe, and Bingham wash a sled dog in a metal bucket which stands on a wooden platform on stoney ground. Another expedition member and hut in background.

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New base in construction, March 1936

Record: P51/8/A284

View looking down on small promontory. Four pyramid tents are pitched next to a wooden frame of a hut on which expedition members work. Timber, boxes and sledges lie on the ground nearby. De Havilland Moth biplane stands by the water's edge and rowing boats are drawn up on the shore. Ice cliffs above the water, and mountain in the background.

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Looking over Bertrand Ice Piedmont. Taken during Marguerite Bay flight, March 1936

Record: P51/8/A285

View looking down on pack ice and mountainous coast.

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Looking over Mikkelsen Bay. Taken during Marguerite Bay flight, March 1936

Record: P51/8/A286

View looking down on pack ice and mountainous coast.

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Baudin Peaks with Cape Berteaux in foreground. Taken during Marguerite Bay flight, March 1936

Record: P51/8/A287

View looking down on pack ice and mountainous coast.

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Looking over Wordie Ice Shelf. Taken during Marguerite Bay flight, March 1936

Record: P51/8/A288

View looking down on ice shelf and mountainous coast.

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Panoramic views taken in turning round, stretching from 'apparent gap' to north end Alexander Island. Taken during Marguerite Bay flight, March 1936

Record: P51/8/A289

View looking down on pack ice and mountainous coast.

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Panoramic views taken in turning round, stretching from 'apparent gap' to north end Alexander Island. Taken during Marguerite Bay flight, March 1936

Record: P51/8/A290

View looking down on pack ice and mountainous coast.

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Panoramic views taken in turning round, stretching from 'apparent gap' to north end Alexander Island. Taken during Marguerite Bay flight, March 1936

Record: P51/8/A291

View looking down on pack ice and mountainous coast.

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Panoramic views taken in turning round, stretching from 'apparent gap' to north end Alexander Island. Taken during Marguerite Bay flight, March 1936

Record: P51/8/A292

View looking down on pack ice and mountainous coast.

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Looking over Bertrand Ice Piedmont to Red Rock Ridge. Taken during Marguerite Bay flight, March 1936

Record: P51/8/A293

View looking down on mountainous coast.

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Looking down on Debenham Islands. Taken during Marguerite Bay flight, 13 March 1936

Record: P51/8/A294

View looking down on mountainous coast.

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Looking down on Debenham Islands. Taken during Marguerite Bay flight, 13 March 1936

Record: P51/8/A295

View looking down on mountainous coast.

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Closing down the Argentine Islands base, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A296

Bingham stands in front of boarded up wooden hut. 'This house to let' painted on the side.

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W.E.Hampton in the 'Iron Duke', 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A297

Hampton paddles a canoe made from an oil drum and timber. Rocky coast in background.

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The plane in 'Penola's anchorage, Stella Creek, before leaving, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A298

De Havilland Moth biplane sits on the water on floats by a cliff. Ice cliff in background.

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The plane in 'Penola's' anchorage, Stella Creek, before leaving, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A299

De Havilland Moth biplane sits on the water on floats.

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Starting point, from opposite base, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A300

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Cape Perez across ice from Argentine Islands

Record: P51/8/A301

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Cape Perez across ice from Argentine Islands

Record: P51/8/A302

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Abreast of Darboux Island

Record: P51/8/A303

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Southern entrance point of Beascochea Bay, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A304

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Coast view (Argentine Islands area?), 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A305

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Centre point west end of Lahille Island, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A306

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Looking into Beascochea Bay, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A307

View along biplane wing towards mountainous coasts.

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Centre point west end Chavez Island, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A308

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Looking back over west end of Lahille Island, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A309

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Coast view (Argentine Islands area?), 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A310

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Just north of Cape Garcia looking into Bigo Bay, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A311

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Cape Garcia, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A312

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Back of Barilari Bay, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A313

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Looking back over Chavez Island, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A315

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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South east corner of Barilari Bay, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A316

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Sphinx Island, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A317

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Coast view (Argentine Islands area?), 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A318

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Larrouy Island in right foreground, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A319

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Sharp Peak and Ferin Head, centre, Larrouy Island left foreground, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A320

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Sharp Peak, centre, Waldeck-Rousseau Peak, right, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A321

View over sea towards mountainous coast.

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Looking back over Larrouy Island, to Mounts Bigo and Perchot, 25 February 1936

Record: P51/8/A322

View over sea towards mountainous coast.