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Picture Library catalogue: British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04

 

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Here you can browse the complete listing of all the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04 (BNAE 1901-04) items.

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There are 815 items in this collection, of which 150 are shown below. Use the navigation to view more pages.

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Inflating Balloon on Barrier

Record: P83/6/1/3/91

A group of men standing and working on the ice beside an inflated balloon. Sandbags hang down from the netting that covers the ballon and a wicker basket is on the ground nearby.

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Bismark

Record: P83/6/1/3/92

The dog named 'Bismark' stands beside a wooden kennel, with collar and chain around his neck.

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Observation Hill

Record: P83/6/1/3/93

View across sea to a hill and coastline lightly covered in snow.

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Ship alongside Hut Point

Record: P83/6/1/3/94

View from hillside to a ship moored alongside the land. A hut in the early stages of construction is on the sea shore with tents pitched on the snow close by.

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Hut Point colony, huts in course of erection

Record: P83/6/1/3/95

View from the sea of tents pitched close to the sea shore and huts under construction behind. Snow covered hillside beyond.

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Tide gauge

Record: P83/6/1/3/96

A tide guage suspended from a wooden tripod stands on the ice.

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Meteorological screen

Record: P83/6/1/3/97

Meteorological equipment on wooden frame stands on the ice.

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Panoramic view of colony. Ship before gale.

Record: P83/6/1/3/98

View across ice and snow to the ship Discovery held fast in the ice. Posts and other equipment close to the ship.

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Moonlight view of ship in Winter

Record: P83/6/1/3/99

View across snow and ice to the ship Discovery held fast in the ice. Snow has blown up onto the side of the ship. Meteorological equipment on snow to right of the ship.

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Tug towing Discovery out of Port Chalmers

Record: P83/6/1/4/1

View across sea to a tug boat with a rope attached to the ship from which the photograph is being taken. Hillside and coastline in background.

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Crab eating seal

Record: P83/6/1/4/10

A seal on deck of the ship with mouth propped open by a knife.

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Ridge of Great Ice Barrier

Record: P83/6/1/4/100

View across sea to a wall of ice and snow.

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Slopes of Mount Terror

Record: P83/6/1/4/101

View across sea to snow covered extension of land jutting out into the sea.

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Terraced iceberg

Record: P83/6/1/4/102

View across sea to an iceberg.

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Edge of Great Ice Barrier

Record: P83/6/1/4/103

View across sea to a wall of ice and snow.

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Tilted Iceberg

Record: P83/6/1/4/104

View across sea to an iceberg.

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Tilted iceberg

Record: P83/6/1/4/105

View across sea to an iceberg.

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High iceberg

Record: P83/6/1/4/106

View across sea to an iceberg.

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Young ice forming

Record: P83/6/1/4/107

View across sea of young ice forming over the whole area.

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Barrier relief party

Record: P83/6/1/4/108

Nine men on the ice preparing to go on a sledging journey. Four men are harnessed to a sledge, three men are on skis. Dog seated on snow beside the other men. Bowsprit and rigging of ship in background.

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Barrier relief party

Record: P83/6/1/4/109

Six men on the ice preparing for a sledging journey. Two of the men are harnessed to a fully laden sledge. Another man adjusts his ski. Sea in background.

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Watering ship from a floe in pack ice

Record: P83/6/1/4/11

Eight men on the ice cutting up ice and snow and loading it onto a sledge.

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Inflating Balloon

Record: P83/6/1/4/110

A group of men gatherd on the ice with an inflated meteorological balloon. Other equipment including a basket and weights on the ice around the balloon.

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Laying out Balloon

Record: P83/6/1/4/111

A group of men roll out the meteorological balloon onto a ground sheet on the ice.

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Pack ice, McMurdo Bay, Mount Erebus

Record: P83/6/1/4/112

View across pack ice and a lead in the ice to mountains beyond.

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Overlooking ship from balloon

Record: P83/6/1/4/113

View from above of pack ice and the ship Discovery moored up alongside. A rope descends to the ice below. Shadow of the balloon on the ice. Tiny figures of three men can be seen on the ice.

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Whale

Record: P83/6/1/4/115

View across sea to a whale swimming in the sea.

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Peculiar ice formation McMurdo Bay

Record: P83/6/1/4/116

Two men stand on the ice. The ice behind them has formed into unusual serrated ridges.

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McMurdo Bay

Record: P83/6/1/4/117

View across land with ice formations to the ship in the distance.

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Sounding from sledge

Record: P83/6/1/4/118

Three men sit on a sledge on the ice with rope and other equipment.

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Peculiar ice formation, McMurdo Bay

Record: P83/6/1/4/119

Three men walking across rocky terrain. Unusual ice formations in background.

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Dead seals ready for skinning

Record: P83/6/1/4/12

Six dead seals lying on the deck of the ship.

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Mounds in ice with snow shaped cracks

Record: P83/6/1/4/120

Two men stand on the ice. One man is on top of a mound of snow and ice, the other holds a ski pole.

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Sledge party to Island

Record: P83/6/1/4/121

Three men harnessed to a sledge which has a rowing boat strapped onto it. Three sledge flags flying from the sledge. Hillside in background.

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Bernacchi at entrance to magnetic hut

Record: P83/6/1/4/122

Louis Bernacchi (physicist) stands at the entrance to the hut that was used for magnetic observations. Main base hut and ship behind and mountain beyond.

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Landing stores at Hut Point

Record: P83/6/1/4/123

View across sea to a group of men disembarking from a rowing boat which has been moored up alongside the edge of the ice. The men use a rope to climb up. Another man assists on the ice above. Hillside and hut in background.

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Sledge party

Record: P83/6/1/4/124

Men and dogs pulling a row of four fully laden sledges across the ice. They are moving away from the camera.

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Ready to start

Record: P83/6/1/4/125

A group of men manoeuvre a fully laden sledge up a snow covered slope from pack ice. More men with sledges and dogs on the snow covered hillside above them.

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Weddell seal, Cape Armitage

Record: P83/6/1/4/126

A man stands on pack ice close to five seals. He is holding a long pole. Ridge of ice and snow in background.

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Ice flowers newly formed

Record: P83/6/1/4/127

Large expanse of ice covered with ice flowers.

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Broken windmill

Record: P83/6/1/4/128

View of the windmill attached to the deck of the ship. Some of the blades have broken off in a gale.

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Ship and boats after gale

Record: P83/6/1/4/129

View across snow and ice to the ship Discovery held fast in the ice. Starbord view. Four men pulling two sledges on the ice beside the ship. Six lifeboats covered in tarpauline on the ice in the foreground.

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Ship in pack ice

Record: P83/6/1/4/13

The ship Discovery held fast in the ice. Sails slightly unfurled.

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Ship after great blizzard

Record: P83/6/1/4/130

A man stands on the snow covered deck of the ship.

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Ship after great blizzard

Record: P83/6/1/4/131

Side view (port side) of the ship Discovery after a storm. The ship is covered in a light covering of snow and the windmill at bow of ship is broken.

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The great blizzard, meteorological screens

Record: P83/6/1/4/132

Two men on the ice with the meteorological screens.

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The great blizzard, meteorological screens

Record: P83/6/1/4/133

View across snow and ice to the ship Discovery covered in snow. In the foreground a man stands beside the meteorological screens.

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Snow compressor

Record: P83/6/1/4/134

Snow compressor at the stern of the ship Discovery.

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Tabular berg 260 feet high

Record: P83/6/1/4/135

View across sea to a tabular iceberg.

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Electrometer observation

Record: P83/6/1/4/136

A man kneels down on the ice beside an electrometer on a tripod. Hillside with mast in background.

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Captain on hummocky floe

Record: P83/6/1/4/137

A man (Captain Scott) stands on the ice beside heavily hummocked ice.

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Chasm, Southern journey

Record: P83/6/1/4/138

A man stands on the ice above a large crevasse.

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The Magnetic Hut

Record: P83/6/1/4/139

A man stands on the ice close to the hut where magnetic readings were taken. Base hut and mountain in background.

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Ice on deck ready for melting

Record: P83/6/1/4/14

Two men on deck of ship with a large mound of ice and snow.

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Weddell seal, Seal Bay

Record: P83/6/1/4/140

A Weddell seal basking on the ice with a young seal pup close by.

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Wilson with thermometer

Record: P83/6/1/4/141

Edward Wilson with thermometer on high level station Crater Hill.

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Ice ridges, Seal Bay

Record: P83/6/1/4/142

A man stands in between two ridges of ice and snow.

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Ice ridges, Seal Bay

Record: P83/6/1/4/143

A man stands beside ridges of ice and snow.

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Sastrugi

Record: P83/6/1/4/144

A man stands on the snow which has formed into irregular ridges on the snow surface. Items of equipment on the snow close by.

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Sastrugi

Record: P83/6/1/4/145

View of sharp irregular ridges on the snow surface.

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Man travelling on ski

Record: P83/6/1/4/146

A man on skis walking on the snow, he holds a long bamboo pole. Man identified as Clarance Hare.

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Castle Rock

Record: P83/6/1/4/147

View across snow slopes to snow covered hillside and rock formation. Three seals on the pack ice in the foreground.

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The Great Crevasse off Cape Selborne

Record: P83/6/1/4/148

A man stands on the ice looking at a large wide crevasse.

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The Great Crevasse off Cape Selborne

Record: P83/6/1/4/149

A man stands on the ice looking down at a large wide crevasse.

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Ships stern cutting into floe

Record: P83/6/1/4/15

Ice around the stern of the ship.

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The Crevasse, Southern journey

Record: P83/6/1/4/150

View across flat ice and snow to a crevasse.

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Southern sledge journey

Record: P83/6/1/4/151

Group of 14 men sitting and standing on the snow, pose for the camera. Back row, third from left: Captain Scott, fourth from left: Ernest Shackleton. Sledge flags flying. A dog stretches on left. Sledges, a tent, skis and other equipment on right.

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Line of crevasse off Cape Armitage

Record: P83/6/1/4/153

A man stands on the ice with a scientific instrument on a tripod and a long pole placed vertically in the snow. Mountains in background.

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Cape Longstaff

Record: P83/6/1/4/154

View across snow field to a camp, with one tent pitched on the ice, four sledges, skis placed vertically in the snow and a row of dogs at rest on left. A man sitting or kneeling in centre. Mountains in background.

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Cape Longstaff

Record: P83/6/1/4/155

View across snow field to a snow covered mountains in the distance.

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Mount Longstaff

Record: P83/6/1/4/156

A sledge dog team at rest on the snow. Beside them is the sledge with equipment and a pair of skis placed vertically in the snow. Mountain range in the distance beyond. Panorama with P83/6/1/4/157.

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Cape Longstaff

Record: P83/6/1/4/157

Two men with two sledges and a tent pitched on the ice. Mountains in distance beyond. Panorama with P83/6/1/4/156.

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Cape Wilson

Record: P83/6/1/4/158

View across snow slopes to snow covered mountains.

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Cape Wilson

Record: P83/6/1/4/159

View across snow field to snow covered hillside. A man stands with a pole in the centre of the photograph with another man to the left.

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Ship in pack ice

Record: P83/6/1/4/16

The ship Discovery held fast in the pack ice. Sails unfurled.

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The Bluff from the South

Record: P83/6/1/4/160

View of a camp on the ice with a tent and three pairs of skis placed vertically in the snow. Sledge and other equipment to right. A man seated or kneeling in centre. Snow covered mountains in the distance beyond.

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The Bluff from the South

Record: P83/6/1/4/161

View across snow field to a tent pitched on the ice with a sledge and scientific equipment beside it. Snow covered mountains in the distance beyond.

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Camp on the way home

Record: P83/6/1/4/162

View of irregular ridges on the snow surface. Part of a tent on far right of photograph.

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Camp on the way home

Record: P83/6/1/4/163

View across snow to two men beside a tent pitched on the ice. A sledge and other equipment beside them. Footsteps in the snow in foreground.

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Shackleton's 'Rum Idea'

Record: P83/6/1/4/164

A small wooden trolley on wheels on the snow.

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Sledge dog, Fitzclarence

Record: P83/6/1/4/165

A sledge dog with chain sits beside a wooden kennel on the snow. Mountain in background.

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Danger slope

Record: P83/6/1/4/166

View across snow and ice to a snow covered mountain.

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Entrance to living hut

Record: P83/6/1/4/167

A wooden base hut surrounded by snow drifts.

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Dr Wilson

Record: P83/6/1/4/168

Edward Wilson in sledging clothing.

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Cargo of ice for ship

Record: P83/6/1/4/169

Two sledges on the ice. The sledge in the foreground has large lumps of ice on it and two boxes beside it. A man stands on the ice behind. Base hut and hill beyond.

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Ross seal

Record: P83/6/1/4/17

Ross seal on deck of the ship (full length). Head resting on a box.

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Captain and Dr Koettlitz on ski in Pack ice

Record: P83/6/1/4/170

Captain Scott (left) and Reginald Koettlitz (right) on skis standing on the pack ice, with a dog to left. The ship Discovery in background.

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Hauling dead crab eating seal aboard

Record: P83/6/1/4/171

A man, close to the side of the ship, hauls a dead seal acrosss the ice.

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Pack ice looking ahead from forecastle

Record: P83/6/1/4/172

View across open pack ice. A man sits on the bowsprit to right.

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Ship in Pack ice

Record: P83/6/1/4/173

View across pack ice to the ship Discovery with sails unfurled. Men on the pack ice close to the ship.

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Coastline north of Coulman Island, Cape Jones

Record: P83/6/1/4/174

View across open sea to a rocky coastline covered with snow.

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Two crab eating seals just shot

Record: P83/6/1/4/175

Two dead seals on the ice with two men, holding rifles, beside them. Left to right: Royds? and Shackleton

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View of coast line between Cape Adare

Record: P83/6/1/4/176

View across open sea to a snow covered mountainous coastline. Panorama with P83/6/1/4/177.

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View of coast line between Cape Adare

Record: P83/6/1/4/177

View across open sea to a snow covered mountainous coastline. Panorama with P83/6/1/4/176.

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Ross seal

Record: P83/6/1/4/18

Ross seal on deck of the ship. Head resting on a box.

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Looking towards Ross Sea

Record: P83/6/1/4/19

View taken from ship, across open sea with very open pack ice (brash ice).

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Port Chalmers, New Zealand

Record: P83/6/1/4/2

View across sea to a port with buildings and a jetty.

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Ernest Shackleton

Record: P83/6/1/4/20

Ernest Shackleton stands on the ice holding a rifle under his arm.

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Petersen water bottle

Record: P83/6/1/4/21

A man stands on the side of the ship holding a Petersen water bottle (scientific instrument) which is suspended over the side by block and tackle system.

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Adelie Penguins

Record: P83/6/1/4/22

Rookery of Adelie penguins on the sea shore.

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Winding in trawl with steam winch

Record: P83/6/1/4/23

Four men at work on the deck of the ship with machinery and ropes. Life boat stowed behind. Foreground: Tom Crean. Back: Edgar Evans.

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Penguins on floe, Robertson Bay

Record: P83/6/1/4/24

Ten penguins (Adelie) on an ice floe with sea and mountains in background.

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Standed ice bergs of Great Barrier

Record: P83/6/1/4/25

View across open sea to icebergs in the distance.

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Trawl coming on board

Record: P83/6/1/4/26

Men leaning over the side of the ship hauling up a net.

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Overturned iceberg

Record: P83/6/1/4/27

View across sea to an iceberg. A whaler (rowing boat) with five men, can just be seen below the iceberg.

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Whaler slongside overturned berg

Record: P83/6/1/4/28

View across sea to an iceberg. A whaler (rowing boat) with five men to right.

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Head of Weddell seal

Record: P83/6/1/4/29

A Weddell seal poses for the camera.

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Tug boat casting off outside Otapo Harbour

Record: P83/6/1/4/3

View across sea from side of a ship to a tug boat. Out of focus.

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New Zealand mutton hanging up aft

Record: P83/6/1/4/30

Carcases of a number of sheep hanging in the rigging.

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Sledge journey towards Mount Terror

Record: P83/6/1/4/31

A group of six men with four dogs sitting on the snow beside a sledge. Man far left: Edgar Evans

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Sledge journey towards Mount Terror

Record: P83/6/1/4/32

A group of six men with two or three dogs sprawling on the snow beside a sledge.

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Camp. Sledge journey towards Mount Terror

Record: P83/6/1/4/33

View across snow to a tent pitched on the ice. Five men, sledges and other equipment beside it.

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Camp. Sledge journey towards Mount Terror

Record: P83/6/1/4/34

Four tents pitched on the ice with camping equipment around them. Three men next to tent in centre and two men seated on sledge to right. Three sledging flags flying from poles.

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Camp in the morning

Record: P83/6/1/4/35

Eleven men standing in a row on the ice, they are all wearing furs. Two tents pitched on the ice, with skis, dogs, and various other items of equipment. Four sledging flags on poles.

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Heavy work in soft snow

Record: P83/6/1/4/36

Six men man-hauling a fully laden sledge.

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Panorama of edge of snow slopes between [Mounts] Erebus and Terror

Record: P83/6/1/4/37

View across snow to snow covered mountains.

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Panorama of edge of snow slopes between [Mounts] Erebus and Terror

Record: P83/6/1/4/38

View across snow to snow covered mountains.

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Mount Erebus smoking - normal

Record: P83/6/1/4/39

View of a snow covered volcanic mountain with smoke coming out of the crater.

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HMS Ringarooma cheering Discovery

Record: P83/6/1/4/4

View across sea to a steam ship (with two masts). Ship's company on deck and on the rigging. Hillside in background.

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Morning party just turned out in furs

Record: P83/6/1/4/40

Eleven men, all wearing furs, stand in a row on the ice with five sledging flags on poles. Tent pitched on the ice and two pairs of skis to left.

Panorama, Western Mountains

Record: P83/6/1/4/41

Panorama of three photographs, showing the view from highest point of ridge on Western Mountains looking inland.

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First Western party ascending mountain

Record: P83/6/1/4/42

Seven men on a snow covered slope hauling sledges. Another man with fully loaded sledge, to left.

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Royds and Koettlitz. Tent and snow wall protection

Record: P83/6/1/4/43

Two men stand beside a tent pitched on the ice, with skis, sledge, furs and other equipment. Wall made of blocks of snow behind.

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Western sledging journey. Hauling sledge up steep incline

Record: P83/6/1/4/44

View across snow to eight men hauling on a rope. Another man sits on a sledge, to right. Snow covered mountains in background.

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Deck scene

Record: P83/6/1/4/45

Five men (three fully visible) working on deck of a ship. All wear summer clothing.

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Panorama looking down and up Glacier Valley

Record: P83/6/1/4/46

View across a slope of snow and ice to mountains.

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Panorama looking down and up Glacier Valley

Record: P83/6/1/4/47

View across snow and ice to mountains.

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Glacier Valley looking up Cascade at the western side of Western Mountains

Record: P83/6/1/4/48

View across snow to a rocky mountain peak.

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Glacier Valley looking up Cascade at the western side of Western Mountains

Record: P83/6/1/4/49

View of a snow covered valley below mountains on left and rocky mountain side on right.

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Albatrosses feeding astern of ship

Record: P83/6/1/4/5

View of a group of Albatrosses on the sea behind the ship.

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Observations on Highest point of ridge, Western Mountains

Record: P83/6/1/4/50

Two men surveying from top of mountain. The man on left is seated on rocks and holds a note book. The man on right is standing and holds a theodolite. Two sledge flags are flying.

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Christmas day camp by two large boulders

Record: P83/6/1/4/51

Camp scene with four tents pitched on the ice beside large rock boulders. Three men seated on sledge and other equipment. Mountains in background.

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Looking up Glacier Valley

Record: P83/6/1/4/52

View across snow to mountains.

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Looking up Glacier Valley

Record: P83/6/1/4/53

View across snow to mountains in distance. Mountain on right has blemish covering most of it (probably damage to original negative).

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Western sledge journey, Camp on inland sea

Record: P83/6/1/4/54

View across snow to camp scene. Four tents pitched on the ice with three sledges and eleven men standing looking towards the camera. Mountains in background.

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Looking up Glacier Valley towards passage to inland snow

Record: P83/6/1/4/55

View across snow to mountains in the distance.

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Finger Mountains and fall of ice in glacier

Record: P83/6/1/4/56

View across snow to mountains showing rock strata formations.

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Finger Mountains and fall of ice in glacier

Record: P83/6/1/4/57

View across snow to mountains showing rock strata. Snow covered slope to right.

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Western sledge journey. Slope of inland sea

Record: P83/6/1/4/58

View across snow to mountains in the distance.

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Looking down glacier

Record: P83/6/1/4/59

View across snow to mountains in the distance.

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Albatrosses feeding astern of ship

Record: P83/6/1/4/6

Group of Albatrosses on the sea behind the ship.

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Crevassed fall of inland ice into the glacier

Record: P83/6/1/4/60

View across crevassed ice covered in snow.

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Slope of inland sea

Record: P83/6/1/4/61

View across snow to mountains in the distance.

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Cliffs of Finger Mountain

Record: P83/6/1/4/62

Two men stand on the snow and ice below a rocky cliff side.

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Depot Nunatak

Record: P83/6/1/4/63

View across snow to a large rock formation (nunatak).

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Looking down Glacier Valley

Record: P83/6/1/4/64

View across snow and ice to mountains in the distance.

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Looking down Glacier Valley

Record: P83/6/1/4/65

View across snow and ice to mountains.

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The Pilot

Record: P83/6/1/4/66

A man in uniform sits on the deck of the ship with a dog.

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Group on Bridge

Record: P83/6/1/4/67

Five smartly dressed men on the Bridge of the ship. Left to right: Skelton, Ferrar, Armitage, Barne (with dog), Wilson.

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Cleaning tins

Record: P83/6/1/4/68

Four men on the deck of the ship cleaning provision tins. Three of the men are seated, a fourth man stands behind them smoking a pipe.