Picture Library catalogue: British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04
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Inflating Balloon on BarrierRecord: P83/6/1/3/91A 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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BismarkRecord: P83/6/1/3/92The dog named 'Bismark' stands beside a wooden kennel, with collar and chain around his neck. |
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Observation HillRecord: P83/6/1/3/93View across sea to a hill and coastline lightly covered in snow. |
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Ship alongside Hut PointRecord: P83/6/1/3/94View 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 erectionRecord: P83/6/1/3/95View 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 gaugeRecord: P83/6/1/3/96A tide guage suspended from a wooden tripod stands on the ice. |
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Meteorological screenRecord: P83/6/1/3/97Meteorological equipment on wooden frame stands on the ice. |
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Panoramic view of colony. Ship before gale.Record: P83/6/1/3/98View 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 WinterRecord: P83/6/1/3/99View 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 ChalmersRecord: P83/6/1/4/1View 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 sealRecord: P83/6/1/4/10A seal on deck of the ship with mouth propped open by a knife. |
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Ridge of Great Ice BarrierRecord: P83/6/1/4/100View across sea to a wall of ice and snow. |
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Slopes of Mount TerrorRecord: P83/6/1/4/101View across sea to snow covered extension of land jutting out into the sea. |
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Terraced icebergRecord: P83/6/1/4/102View across sea to an iceberg. |
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Edge of Great Ice BarrierRecord: P83/6/1/4/103View across sea to a wall of ice and snow. |
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Tilted IcebergRecord: P83/6/1/4/104View across sea to an iceberg. |
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Tilted icebergRecord: P83/6/1/4/105View across sea to an iceberg. |
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High icebergRecord: P83/6/1/4/106View across sea to an iceberg. |
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Young ice formingRecord: P83/6/1/4/107View across sea of young ice forming over the whole area. |
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Barrier relief partyRecord: P83/6/1/4/108Nine 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 partyRecord: P83/6/1/4/109Six 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 iceRecord: P83/6/1/4/11Eight men on the ice cutting up ice and snow and loading it onto a sledge. |
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Inflating BalloonRecord: P83/6/1/4/110A 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 BalloonRecord: P83/6/1/4/111A group of men roll out the meteorological balloon onto a ground sheet on the ice. |
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Pack ice, McMurdo Bay, Mount ErebusRecord: P83/6/1/4/112View across pack ice and a lead in the ice to mountains beyond. |
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Overlooking ship from balloonRecord: P83/6/1/4/113View 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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WhaleRecord: P83/6/1/4/115View across sea to a whale swimming in the sea. |
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Peculiar ice formation McMurdo BayRecord: P83/6/1/4/116Two men stand on the ice. The ice behind them has formed into unusual serrated ridges. |
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McMurdo BayRecord: P83/6/1/4/117View across land with ice formations to the ship in the distance. |
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Sounding from sledgeRecord: P83/6/1/4/118Three men sit on a sledge on the ice with rope and other equipment. |
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Peculiar ice formation, McMurdo BayRecord: P83/6/1/4/119Three men walking across rocky terrain. Unusual ice formations in background. |
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Dead seals ready for skinningRecord: P83/6/1/4/12Six dead seals lying on the deck of the ship. |
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Mounds in ice with snow shaped cracksRecord: P83/6/1/4/120Two 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 IslandRecord: P83/6/1/4/121Three 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 hutRecord: P83/6/1/4/122Louis 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 PointRecord: P83/6/1/4/123View 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 partyRecord: P83/6/1/4/124Men 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 startRecord: P83/6/1/4/125A 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 ArmitageRecord: P83/6/1/4/126A 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 formedRecord: P83/6/1/4/127Large expanse of ice covered with ice flowers. |
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Broken windmillRecord: P83/6/1/4/128View 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 galeRecord: P83/6/1/4/129View 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 iceRecord: P83/6/1/4/13The ship Discovery held fast in the ice. Sails slightly unfurled. |
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Ship after great blizzardRecord: P83/6/1/4/130A man stands on the snow covered deck of the ship. |
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Ship after great blizzardRecord: P83/6/1/4/131Side 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 screensRecord: P83/6/1/4/132Two men on the ice with the meteorological screens. |
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The great blizzard, meteorological screensRecord: P83/6/1/4/133View 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 compressorRecord: P83/6/1/4/134Snow compressor at the stern of the ship Discovery. |
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Tabular berg 260 feet highRecord: P83/6/1/4/135View across sea to a tabular iceberg. |
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Electrometer observationRecord: P83/6/1/4/136A man kneels down on the ice beside an electrometer on a tripod. Hillside with mast in background. |
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Captain on hummocky floeRecord: P83/6/1/4/137A man (Captain Scott) stands on the ice beside heavily hummocked ice. |
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Chasm, Southern journeyRecord: P83/6/1/4/138A man stands on the ice above a large crevasse. |
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The Magnetic HutRecord: P83/6/1/4/139A 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 meltingRecord: P83/6/1/4/14Two men on deck of ship with a large mound of ice and snow. |
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Weddell seal, Seal BayRecord: P83/6/1/4/140A Weddell seal basking on the ice with a young seal pup close by. |
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Wilson with thermometerRecord: P83/6/1/4/141Edward Wilson with thermometer on high level station Crater Hill. |
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Ice ridges, Seal BayRecord: P83/6/1/4/142A man stands in between two ridges of ice and snow. |
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Ice ridges, Seal BayRecord: P83/6/1/4/143A man stands beside ridges of ice and snow. |
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SastrugiRecord: P83/6/1/4/144A 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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SastrugiRecord: P83/6/1/4/145View of sharp irregular ridges on the snow surface. |
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Man travelling on skiRecord: P83/6/1/4/146A man on skis walking on the snow, he holds a long bamboo pole. Man identified as Clarance Hare. |
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Castle RockRecord: P83/6/1/4/147View 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 SelborneRecord: P83/6/1/4/148A man stands on the ice looking at a large wide crevasse. |
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The Great Crevasse off Cape SelborneRecord: P83/6/1/4/149A man stands on the ice looking down at a large wide crevasse. |
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Ships stern cutting into floeRecord: P83/6/1/4/15Ice around the stern of the ship. |
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The Crevasse, Southern journeyRecord: P83/6/1/4/150View across flat ice and snow to a crevasse. |
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Southern sledge journeyRecord: P83/6/1/4/151Group 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 ArmitageRecord: P83/6/1/4/153A 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 LongstaffRecord: P83/6/1/4/154View 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 LongstaffRecord: P83/6/1/4/155View across snow field to a snow covered mountains in the distance. |
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Mount LongstaffRecord: P83/6/1/4/156A 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 LongstaffRecord: P83/6/1/4/157Two 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 WilsonRecord: P83/6/1/4/158View across snow slopes to snow covered mountains. |
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Cape WilsonRecord: P83/6/1/4/159View 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 iceRecord: P83/6/1/4/16The ship Discovery held fast in the pack ice. Sails unfurled. |
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The Bluff from the SouthRecord: P83/6/1/4/160View 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 SouthRecord: P83/6/1/4/161View 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 homeRecord: P83/6/1/4/162View of irregular ridges on the snow surface. Part of a tent on far right of photograph. |
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Camp on the way homeRecord: P83/6/1/4/163View 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: P83/6/1/4/164A small wooden trolley on wheels on the snow. |
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Sledge dog, FitzclarenceRecord: P83/6/1/4/165A sledge dog with chain sits beside a wooden kennel on the snow. Mountain in background. |
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Danger slopeRecord: P83/6/1/4/166View across snow and ice to a snow covered mountain. |
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Entrance to living hutRecord: P83/6/1/4/167A wooden base hut surrounded by snow drifts. |
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Dr WilsonRecord: P83/6/1/4/168Edward Wilson in sledging clothing. |
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Cargo of ice for shipRecord: P83/6/1/4/169Two 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 sealRecord: P83/6/1/4/17Ross 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 iceRecord: P83/6/1/4/170Captain 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 aboardRecord: P83/6/1/4/171A man, close to the side of the ship, hauls a dead seal acrosss the ice. |
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Pack ice looking ahead from forecastleRecord: P83/6/1/4/172View across open pack ice. A man sits on the bowsprit to right. |
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Ship in Pack iceRecord: P83/6/1/4/173View 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 JonesRecord: P83/6/1/4/174View across open sea to a rocky coastline covered with snow. |
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Two crab eating seals just shotRecord: P83/6/1/4/175Two 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 AdareRecord: P83/6/1/4/176View 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 AdareRecord: P83/6/1/4/177View across open sea to a snow covered mountainous coastline. Panorama with P83/6/1/4/176. |
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Ross sealRecord: P83/6/1/4/18Ross seal on deck of the ship. Head resting on a box. |
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Looking towards Ross SeaRecord: P83/6/1/4/19View taken from ship, across open sea with very open pack ice (brash ice). |
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Port Chalmers, New ZealandRecord: P83/6/1/4/2View across sea to a port with buildings and a jetty. |
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Ernest ShackletonRecord: P83/6/1/4/20Ernest Shackleton stands on the ice holding a rifle under his arm. |
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Petersen water bottleRecord: P83/6/1/4/21A 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 PenguinsRecord: P83/6/1/4/22Rookery of Adelie penguins on the sea shore. |
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Winding in trawl with steam winchRecord: P83/6/1/4/23Four 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 BayRecord: P83/6/1/4/24Ten penguins (Adelie) on an ice floe with sea and mountains in background. |
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Standed ice bergs of Great BarrierRecord: P83/6/1/4/25View across open sea to icebergs in the distance. |
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Trawl coming on boardRecord: P83/6/1/4/26Men leaning over the side of the ship hauling up a net. |
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Overturned icebergRecord: P83/6/1/4/27View 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 bergRecord: P83/6/1/4/28View across sea to an iceberg. A whaler (rowing boat) with five men to right. |
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Head of Weddell sealRecord: P83/6/1/4/29A Weddell seal poses for the camera. |
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Tug boat casting off outside Otapo HarbourRecord: P83/6/1/4/3View across sea from side of a ship to a tug boat. Out of focus. |
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New Zealand mutton hanging up aftRecord: P83/6/1/4/30Carcases of a number of sheep hanging in the rigging. |
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Sledge journey towards Mount TerrorRecord: P83/6/1/4/31A 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 TerrorRecord: P83/6/1/4/32A 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 TerrorRecord: P83/6/1/4/33View 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 TerrorRecord: P83/6/1/4/34Four 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 morningRecord: P83/6/1/4/35Eleven 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 snowRecord: P83/6/1/4/36Six men man-hauling a fully laden sledge. |
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Panorama of edge of snow slopes between [Mounts] Erebus and TerrorRecord: P83/6/1/4/37View across snow to snow covered mountains. |
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Panorama of edge of snow slopes between [Mounts] Erebus and TerrorRecord: P83/6/1/4/38View across snow to snow covered mountains. |
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Mount Erebus smoking - normalRecord: P83/6/1/4/39View of a snow covered volcanic mountain with smoke coming out of the crater. |
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HMS Ringarooma cheering DiscoveryRecord: P83/6/1/4/4View 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 fursRecord: P83/6/1/4/40Eleven 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. |
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Panorama, Western MountainsRecord: P83/6/1/4/41Panorama of three photographs, showing the view from highest point of ridge on Western Mountains looking inland. |
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First Western party ascending mountainRecord: P83/6/1/4/42Seven 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 protectionRecord: P83/6/1/4/43Two 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 inclineRecord: P83/6/1/4/44View 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 sceneRecord: P83/6/1/4/45Five men (three fully visible) working on deck of a ship. All wear summer clothing. |
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Panorama looking down and up Glacier ValleyRecord: P83/6/1/4/46View across a slope of snow and ice to mountains. |
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Panorama looking down and up Glacier ValleyRecord: P83/6/1/4/47View across snow and ice to mountains. |
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Glacier Valley looking up Cascade at the western side of Western MountainsRecord: P83/6/1/4/48View across snow to a rocky mountain peak. |
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Glacier Valley looking up Cascade at the western side of Western MountainsRecord: P83/6/1/4/49View of a snow covered valley below mountains on left and rocky mountain side on right. |
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Albatrosses feeding astern of shipRecord: P83/6/1/4/5View of a group of Albatrosses on the sea behind the ship. |
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Observations on Highest point of ridge, Western MountainsRecord: P83/6/1/4/50Two 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 bouldersRecord: P83/6/1/4/51Camp 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 ValleyRecord: P83/6/1/4/52View across snow to mountains. |
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Looking up Glacier ValleyRecord: P83/6/1/4/53View 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 seaRecord: P83/6/1/4/54View 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 snowRecord: P83/6/1/4/55View across snow to mountains in the distance. |
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Finger Mountains and fall of ice in glacierRecord: P83/6/1/4/56View across snow to mountains showing rock strata formations. |
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Finger Mountains and fall of ice in glacierRecord: P83/6/1/4/57View across snow to mountains showing rock strata. Snow covered slope to right. |
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Western sledge journey. Slope of inland seaRecord: P83/6/1/4/58View across snow to mountains in the distance. |
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Looking down glacierRecord: P83/6/1/4/59View across snow to mountains in the distance. |
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Albatrosses feeding astern of shipRecord: P83/6/1/4/6Group of Albatrosses on the sea behind the ship. |
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Crevassed fall of inland ice into the glacierRecord: P83/6/1/4/60View across crevassed ice covered in snow. |
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Slope of inland seaRecord: P83/6/1/4/61View across snow to mountains in the distance. |
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Cliffs of Finger MountainRecord: P83/6/1/4/62Two men stand on the snow and ice below a rocky cliff side. |
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Depot NunatakRecord: P83/6/1/4/63View across snow to a large rock formation (nunatak). |
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Looking down Glacier ValleyRecord: P83/6/1/4/64View across snow and ice to mountains in the distance. |
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Looking down Glacier ValleyRecord: P83/6/1/4/65View across snow and ice to mountains. |
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The PilotRecord: P83/6/1/4/66A man in uniform sits on the deck of the ship with a dog. |
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Group on BridgeRecord: P83/6/1/4/67Five smartly dressed men on the Bridge of the ship. Left to right: Skelton, Ferrar, Armitage, Barne (with dog), Wilson. |
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Cleaning tinsRecord: P83/6/1/4/68Four 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. |