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Picture Library catalogue: Norwegian British Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1949-52

 

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Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope

Record: P52/13/1

View of headland and sea.

"Norsel" nipped in pack ice, one "year" old ice under pressure

Record: P52/13/10

Steam ship 'Norsel' lying in ice.

Crashed aircraft (C5) on shelf ice

Record: P52/13/100

Expedition members stand around and on an aircraft which lies, crashed, on an ice sheet. Items of wreckage lie on the ice nearby.

Crashed aircraft (C5) on shelf ice

Record: P52/13/101

Expedition members stand around and on an aircraft which lies, crashed, on an ice sheet. Items of wreckage lie on the ice nearby.

Crashed aircraft (C5) on shelf ice

Record: P52/13/102

Expedition members stand around and on an aircraft which lies, crashed, on an ice sheet. Items of wreckage lie on the ice nearby.

Crashed aircraft (C5) on shelf ice

Record: P52/13/103

Expedition members stand around and on an aircraft which lies, crashed, on an ice sheet. Items of wreckage lie on the ice nearby.

Crashed aircraft (C5) on shelf ice

Record: P52/13/104

Expedition members stand around and on an aircraft which lies, crashed, on an ice sheet. Items of wreckage lie on the ice nearby.

Les Quar in RAF winter clothing on board "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/105

Portrait of Quar wearing parka and heavy boots on the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'. Two aeroplanes stowed on the roof of the deck cabin in the background.

Wintering party waving goodbye to "Norsel" as she left Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/106

Five expedition members stand on ice waving, a tracked vehicle and a motorcycle stand nearby. Another expedition member stands by a camera on a tripod behind and another walks down a slope in the background.

Wintering party waving goodbye to "Norsel" as she left Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/107

View of five expedition members standing on ice at the water's edge, a tracked vehicle and a motorcycle standing nearby. Another expedition member stands by a camera on a tripod filming behind and another stands nearby.

Barrier immediately east of Pynten (the eastern point at the entrance of Norselbukta)

Record: P52/13/108

View over sea to ice cliff.

Drift ice in lat. 68 degrees 20 seconds S., long. 12 degrees West

Record: P52/13/109

View over sea with ice floes.

"Norsel" nipped in pack ice, one "year" old ice under pressure

Record: P52/13/11

Steam ship 'Norsel' lying in ice.

Heavy pack ice. Eastern extremity of tongue which has drifted eastwards from Weddell Sea to lat. 62 degrees 52 seconds S., long. 7 degrees 40 seconds W.

Record: P52/13/110

View over sea with pack ice.

Guttorm Bardsen (left) and Thorleif Kristensen (right) flensing seals aboard "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/111

Bardsen and Kristensen work with knives on seal skins which are draped over a wooden board standing upright on the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'.

Guttorm Bardsen (left) and Thorleif Kristensen (right) flensing seals aboard "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/112

Bardsen and Kristensen work with knives on seal skins which are draped over a wooden board standing upright on the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'. Chains and tarpaulins lie on the deck, ice floes float in the sea behind.

Guttorm Bardsen (left) and Thorleif Kristensen (right) flensing seals aboard "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/113

Bardsen and Kristensen work with knives on seal skins which are draped over a wooden board standing upright on the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'. A pipe and an old tyre lie on the deck, ice floes float in the sea behind.

Terje Bardsen flensing seals aboard "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/114

Bardsen, holding a knife in one hand, throws a seal skin(?) over the side of the steam ship 'Norsel'. Other seal skins lie in a stack on the deck. Ice floes float in the sea behind.

The bo'sun, Thorleif Kristensen, flensing seals aboard "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/115

Portrait of Kristensen leaning over a seal skin draped over a board standing upright on the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'.

Terje Bardsen (left), Henry Berthensen (centre) and Guttorm Bardsen (right) aboard "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/116

Portrait of Bardsen, Berthensen, holding a coil of rope, and Bardsen stand by mast of the steam ship 'Norsel'.

Terje Bardsen (left), Henry Berthensen (centre) and Guttorm Bardsen (right) aboard "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/117

Portrait of Bardsen, Berthensen and Bardsen stand by mast of the steam ship 'Norsel'.

The crow's nest. "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/118

View looking up towards a man in the crow's nest at the top of the mast of the steam ship 'Norsel'.

Guttorm Jakobsen steering "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/119

Jakobsen standing at the bridge of the steam ship 'Norsel'.

"Norsel" nipped in pack ice, one "year" old ice under pressure

Record: P52/13/12

Steam ship 'Norsel' lying in ice.

Torgills Jakobsen

Record: P52/13/120

Portrait of Jakobsen crouching by a winch on the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'.

Asmund Nordgard

Record: P52/13/121

Portrait of Nordgard cleaning machinery on the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'.

Thorleif Kristensen

Record: P52/13/122

Portrait of Kristensen smoking a cigarette.

Lloyd Foster with sextant

Record: P52/13/123

Portrait of Foster at the rail of the steam ship 'Norsel' looking through a sextant.

Reinhold von Essen

Record: P52/13/124

Portrait of von Essen.

Father Neptune coming aboard "Norsel" at the Equator. From left to right: Terje Bardsen, Guttorm Jakobsen and Terje Johnson

Record: P52/13/125

Bardsen sprays water from a hose onto Jakobsen who sits on a capstan at the bows of the steam ship 'Norsel'. Johnson stands to one side. They all wear hats and false beards.

The Norwegian flying unit from Wideroe's Flyvesselskap og Polarfly A/S. From left to right: Kare Friis-Baastad (First Pilot), Sigvard Kjellberg (Photographer), Josef Jensen (Mechanic), Anders Jacobsen (Second Pilot), Walter Andreassen (Mechanic)

Record: P52/13/126

Friis-Baastad, Kjellberg, Jensen, Jacobsen and Andreassen sit at the bows of the steam ship 'Norsel'.

Iron propellor guard and rudder of one of "Norsel's" boats. Built in Tromso and considered by Guttorm Jakobsen to be the best method of ice protection.

Record: P52/13/127

Close-up of iron guard around the propellor of a wooden boat.

Iron propellor guard and rudder of one of "Norsel's" boats. Built in Tromso and considered by Guttorm Jakobsen to be the best method of ice protection.

Record: P52/13/128

Close-up of iron guard around the propellor of a wooden boat.

Reinhold von Essen (portrait in hotel window at Las Palmas)

Record: P52/13/129

Portrait of von Essen wearing a suit and bow tie and smoking a cigarette.

"Norsel" nipped in pack ice, one "year" old ice under pressure

Record: P52/13/13

Steam ship 'Norsel' lying in ice.

"Norsel" nipped in pack ice, one "year" old ice under pressure

Record: P52/13/14

Steam ship 'Norsel' lying in ice.

"Norsel" nipped in pack ice, one "year" old ice under pressure

Record: P52/13/15

Steam ship 'Norsel' lying in ice.

"Norsel" nipped in pack ice, one "year" old ice under pressure

Record: P52/13/16

Two expedition members stand on the ice looking at the bows of the steam ship 'Norsel' which lies in the ice. Another expedition member walks towards them.

"Norsel" nipped in pack ice, one "year" old ice under pressure

Record: P52/13/17

Four expedition members stand on the ice at the stern of the steam ship 'Norsel' which lies in the ice. A container and an aeroplane rest on the deck of the ship.

"Norsel" nipped in pack ice, one "year" old ice under pressure

Record: P52/13/18

Steam ship 'Norsel' which lies in ice.

"Norsel" nipped in pack ice, one "year" old ice under pressure

Record: P52/13/19

View of the bows of the steam ship 'Norsel' which lies in ice. An expedition member stands nearby.

Reinhold von Essen, Alan Crawford and Harald Sverdrup at Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope

Record: P52/13/2

Portrait of von Essen, holding binoculars, Crawford and Sverdrup. Building, radio mast and coast in the background.

Crew preparing explosive charge to break up ice in which "Norsel" is nipped. The bos'un, Thorleif Kristensen, is lighting the fuse

Record: P52/13/20

A sailor on the ice holds a length of timber, Kristensen lights a fuse attached to the end. Three other sailors stand watching, another holds another length of timber in the background.

Crew of "Norsel" pushing ice floes with poles to free ship.

Record: P52/13/21

Seven sailors stand on rough ice pushing at ice in the water with long wooden poles.

Aircraft KZ3 rigged with floats on "Norsel". The large crate on the left contains the C5 aircraft

Record: P52/13/22

View from ice of the side of the steam ship 'Norsel'. An Auster aeroplane with floats sits on the deck, a hook hanging from a block and tackle above. A large crate sits on the deck behind the aeroplane.

Large hummocked ice floe, lat. 66 degrees 48 seconds S., long. 11 degrees, 28 seconds W.

Record: P52/13/23

View looking down on two expediton members standing on a large ice floe, sea with broken ice in the foreground.

Two Adelie penguins (Dasyramphus Adeliae) in pack ice. lat. 66 degrees 48 seconds S., long. 11 degrees, 28 seconds W. Adult on right, yearling on left

Record: P52/13/24

Two penguins stand on ice.

Unpacking crate containing C5 Aircraft on board "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/25

A crewman stands on the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'. He pulls a rope which is attached to the side of a large wooden crate which sits on the deck house on the stern of the ship. Other crewman stand alongside and in the crate taking it apart. Wing of Auster aeroplane above.

Unpacking crate containing C5 Aircraft on board "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/26

Two crewmen hold the side of a large wooden crate on the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'. Other crewmen stand on the base of the crate above and to one side. Aeroplane wings stand on their side in the crate, the wing of another Auster aeroplane above, a rowing boat hangs from a derrick behind.

"Norsel" alongside barrier in Norselbukta. Unloading C5 aeroplane

Record: P52/13/27

View of steam ship 'Norsel' lying by an ice sheet. Expedition members stand by an Auster C5 aeroplane on the ice, a pair of floats and a stack of boxes stand nearby.

"Norsel" alongside barrier in Norselbukta. Unloading C5 aeroplane

Record: P52/13/28

Expedition members stand on ice by the sea below an Auster C5 aeroplane which hangs from a block of tackle below a crane which extends from the steam ship 'Norsel' (mostly out of shot). An expedition member stands by a camera mounted on a tripod by a stack of wooden boxes in the foreground.

"Norsel" alongside barrier in Norselbukta. Unloading C5 aeroplane

Record: P52/13/29

Expedition members stand on ice by the sea around an Auster C5 aeroplane which hangs from a block of tackle below a crane which extends from the steam ship 'Norsel' (partially out of shot). An expedition member stands by a camera mounted on a tripod by a stack of wooden boxes in the foreground.

Old heavily weathered iceberg, lat. 64 degrees S., long. 3 degrees, 56 seconds E.

Record: P52/13/3

Iceberg at sea.

"Norsel" alongside barrier in Norselbukta. Unloading C5 aeroplane

Record: P52/13/30

Expedition members stand on ice by the sea around an Auster C5 aeroplane which hangs from a block of tackle below a crane which extends from the steam ship 'Norsel'. A camera mounted on a tripod stands by a stack of wooden boxes to one side.

"Norsel" alongside barrier in Norselbukta. Unloading C5 aeroplane

Record: P52/13/31

Expedition members stand on ice by the sea, pulling on a rope attached to crane which extends from the steam ship 'Norsel' (partially out of shot). Another expedition member lies on top of an Auster C5 aeroplane which sits on the ice below the crane. A camera mounted on a tripod stands by a stack of wooden boxes to one side, ice cliff in the background.

"Norsel" alongside barrier in Norselbukta. Unloading C5 aeroplane

Record: P52/13/32

Expedition members stand on ice by the sea around an Auster C5 aeroplane which sits on the ice below a crane which extends from the steam ship 'Norsel'. A rope extends from the crane on the ice where a pair of aeroplane floats and a stack of wooden boxes stand. Ice cliff in the background.

"Norsel" alongside barrier in Norselbukta. Unloading C5 aeroplane

Record: P52/13/33

Expedition members stand on ice by the sea around an Auster C5 aeroplane which sits on the ice below a crane which extends from the steam ship 'Norsel'. A rope extends from the crane on the ice. Ice cliff in the background.

"Norsel" alongside barrier in Norselbukta. Unloading C5 aeroplane

Record: P52/13/34

Expedition members stand on ice by the sea around, and on, an Auster C5 aeroplane which hangs from a block of tackle below a crane which extends from the steam ship 'Norsel'. A stack of wooden boxes stands to one side.

Stig Hallgren with cinematograph camera, Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/35

Hallgren stands on ice at a camera mounted on a tripod, ice cliff behind.

Stig Hallgren with cinematograph camera, Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/36

Hallgren kneels on a ridge of ice at a camera mounted on a tripod, ice cliff behind.

"Norsel" alongside barrier in Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/37

Three penguins stand on an ice sheet near to an expedition member and a stack of boxes, steam ship 'Norsel' moored to the ice behind. An ice cliff stands behind, and another in the distance over open water.

"Norsel" alongside barrier in Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/38

The steam ship 'Norsel' lies below an ice slope, an expedition member stands on the ice near the bows, ice cliff in the background.

"Norsel" alongside barrier in Norselbukta with two aircraft (shortly after unloading)

Record: P52/13/39

The steam ship 'Norsel' lies below an ice slope in an inlet in the ice in the middle distance. Two Auster aeroplanes stands on the snow nearby, ice cliff in the background.

Dome-shaped iceberg. 87 ft. high, 2220 ft. long, (measured with rangefinder), lat. 65 degrees 30 secs S., long. 9 degrees, 30 seconds W.

Record: P52/13/4

Iceberg at sea.

"Norsel" alongside barrier in Norselbukta with two aircraft (shortly after unloading)

Record: P52/13/40

Three expedition members stand on an ice sheet near to two Auster aircraft, by one of which another expediton member stands on a ladder. Three penguins stand on the slope nearby, steam ship 'Norsel' lies at the edge of the ice behind, an ice cliff stands across an open expanse of water in the background.

Unloading "Norsel" in Norselbukta, showing weasel and freight sledge

Record: P52/13/41

Two crewmen use a crane to off-load wooden boxes from the steam ship 'Norsel' which lies by an ice sheet. Two expedition members stand on the ice by the ship helping the boxes down, a third films them with a camera mounted on a tripod. A tracked vehicle stands in the foreground, three expediton members walk on the ice , an ice cliff stands behind.

Unloading "Norsel" in Norselbukta, showing weasel and freight sledge

Record: P52/13/42

Three expedition members load wooden boxes onto a sledge on the ice by the steam ship 'Norsel'. Three crewmen stand on deck watching. Another expedition member stands by a tracked vehicle in the foreground, an ice cliff stands behind.

Unloading "Norsel" in Norselbukta, showing weasel and freight sledge

Record: P52/13/43

An expedition member loads wooden boxes onto a sledge on the ice by the steam ship 'Norsel'. Two more load boxes onto a tracked vehicle, two more stand on the ice watching. An ice cliff stands behind.

Unloading "Norsel" in Norselbukta, showing weasel and freight sledge

Record: P52/13/44

Two expedition members load oil drums onto a sledge on the ice by the steam ship 'Norsel'. Jerry cans stand on the ice nearby, a tracked vehicle stands to one side. Lifeboats hang from derricks on the ship. An ice cliff stands over an expanse of open water in the background.

Unloading "Norsel" in Norselbukta, showing weasel and freight sledge

Record: P52/13/45

Two tracked vehicles and a sledge stand in the ice next to the steam ship 'Norsel'. Expedition members sit in one of the vehicles, rowing boats hang from derricks on the ship, ice cliff in the background.

Unloading "Norsel" in Norselbukta, showing weasel and freight sledge

Record: P52/13/46

Two tracked vehicles and a sledge stand on the ice by the steam ship 'Norsel'. Expedition member sit in one of the vehicles.

Unloading "Norsel" in Norselbukta, showing weasel and freight sledge

Record: P52/13/47

Four expedition member load boxes onto a tracked vehicles on the ice, a laden sledge stands, attached to the vehicle. Two sailors look over the side of the steam ship 'Norsel' behind, an expedition member watches from the ice in front.

Weasel towing freight sledge from Norselbukta to Maudheim

Record: P52/13/48

Two expedition members sit in a loaded tracked vehicle which pulls a laden sledge, on which sits another expedition member, up a snow-covered slope.

Weasel, Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/49

An expedition member drives a tracked vehicle down a snow-covered slope towards the steam ship 'Norsel' (out of shot). Ice cliff stands across an expanse of open water in the background.

"Norsel". View aft from crow's nest. Small plane (KZ3) being rigged on floats

Record: P52/13/5

View looking down through the rigging onto the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'. Expedition members stand by an aeroplane standing on the deck on floats in front of a large container. Ice floes lie in the water all around.

Barrier ice cliffs in Norselbukta immediately west of "Norsel's" berth

Record: P52/13/50

An ice cliff rises out of the sea.

Barrier ice cliffs in Norselbukta immediately east of "Norsel's" berth

Record: P52/13/51

View along an ice cliff rising out of the sea.

Two aircraft on "landing field" above Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/52

Two expedition members stand on the snow next to an Auster aeroplane. Two more expedition members work on another Auster in the background.

Two aircraft on "landing field" above Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/53

Two Auster aeroplanes, oil drums and expedition members stand on a flat snow field in the middle distance.

Small aircraft (KZ3) on "landing field" above Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/54

An expedition member walks on the snow to an Auster aeroplane standing on skis. Oil drums, a hose and a ladder stand to one side.

Small aircraft (KZ3) on "landing field" above Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/55

An expedition member (partially hidden) stands at the propellor of an Auster aeroplane standing on snow.

Maudheim. General view from south

Record: P52/13/56

A sledge, a tracked vehicle and two expedition members stand on the snow in the middle distance amongst radio masts and poles standing upright.

Group excavating one of windows at Maudheim. Left to right: Stig Hallgren, Henry Bartheusen, John Giaever, Asmund Nordgard, Guttorm Bardsen, Terje Bardsen

Record: P52/13/57

Hallgren, Bartheusen, Giaever, holding a string which extends up into the air, Nordgard, G. Bardsen and T. Bardsen stand around wooden boxes and wooden frames lying on the snow.

Group at Maudheim. John Jelbart on left; John Giaever on right

Record: P52/13/58

Jelbart, Giaever and another expedition member unpack wooden boxes on the snow. Aerials, an anemometer and the roof of a hut stand in the background.

John Jelbart (left) and Les Quar (right), Maudheim

Record: P52/13/59

Jelbart and Quar stand on snow, boxes, aerial and a shovel stand in the background.

"Norsel". View aft from crow's nest. Small plane (KZ3) being rigged on floats

Record: P52/13/6

View looking down through the rigging onto the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'. Expedition members stand by three rowing boats and an aeroplane standing on the deck on floats in front of a large container. Ice floes lie in the water all around.

John Giaever, Maudheim

Record: P52/13/60

Portrait of Giaever standing amongst boxes on snow.

Gosta Liljequist carrying box. Wind speed gradient recorder on left. Maudheim

Record: P52/13/61

Liljequist, his shirt off, carries a wooden box past a metal post with four anemometers attached to it.

Gosta Liljequist at meteorologist screen. Maudheim

Record: P52/13/62

Liljequist, smoking a pipe, studies a scientific instrument as he stands in front of a wooden weather station.

Sending up radiosonde balloon. Nils Schumacher (left) and Gosta Liljequist (right). Maudheim

Record: P52/13/63

Schumacher and Liljequist, holding a balloon, walk across a flat ice sheet.

"Norsel" at berth, Norselbukta, deeply drifted up with snow after a blizzard

Record: P52/13/64

An expedition member stands on an ice slope looking towards the steam ship 'Norsel' which lies at the edge of the ice, snow covering its decks.

"Norsel" at berth, Norselbukta, deeply drifted up with snow after a blizzard

Record: P52/13/65

An expedition member kneels at a camera on a tripod on the ice next to the steam ship 'Norsel' which lies at the edge of the ice, snow covering its decks.

"Norsel" at berth, Norselbukta, deeply drifted up with snow after a blizzard. View aft from "monkey's island"

Record: P52/13/66

View over the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel' covered in snow.

Torgils Jakobsen shovelling snow from the deck of the "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/67

Jakobsen shovels deep snow from the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'. A boat, also covered in snow, hangs from a derrick behind.

Torgils Jakobsen shovelling snow from the deck of the "Norsel"

Record: P52/13/68

Jakobsen shovels deep snow from the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'.

Small winch used for current measurements from "Norsel" as it appeared after a blizzard

Record: P52/13/69

Snow covers a winch and the deck of the steam ship 'Norsel'.

Open pack ice from crow's nest.

Record: P52/13/7

View over broken pack ice.

Harald Sverdrup (left) and John Giaever (right) sitting at table in mess hut, Maudheim

Record: P52/13/70

Portrait of Sverdrup and Giaever sitting at a table looking at papers. Tea cups and saucers and a vase of flowers sits on the table, books, ornaments and a radiogram sit on shelves behind.

Harald Sverdrup (left) and John Giaever (right) sitting at table in mess hut, Maudheim

Record: P52/13/71

Portrait of Sverdrup, smoking a cigarette, and Giaever sitting at a table looking at papers. Tea cups and saucers, a plate of bread and a vase of flowers sits on the table, books, ornaments and a radiogram sit on shelves behind.

Norselbukta from the air; altitude about 1000 ft.

Record: P52/13/72

View of ice sheet and sea.

View towards north-west

Record: P52/13/73

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

View towards north

Record: P52/13/74

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

View towards north-east. "Norsel's" berth in centre. Bay ice fills the inner part of the inlet. Two arcraft on the shelf ice and weasel track leading to Maudheim

Record: P52/13/75

Aerial view of ice sheet, sea and two Auster aeroplanes.

View towards north-east. "Norsel's" berth in centre. Bay ice fills the inner part of the inlet.

Record: P52/13/76

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

View towards north-west. "Norsel" lying against the barrier

Record: P52/13/77

Aerial view of steam ship lying against the ice sheet in a small inlet in the ice.

View towards east. "Norsel's" berth in centre, Bay ice fills the inner part of the inlet

Record: P52/13/78

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

View towards south-east. The barrier along the west side of Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/79

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

Small plane (KZ3) on floats

Record: P52/13/8

An expedition member stands on the float of an Auster aeroplane which floats at sea. Another expedition member stands on the nose. A rowing boat floats in front of the aeroplane. Ice-covered coast in the far distance.

View towards south-east. The barrier along the west side of Norselbukta

Record: P52/13/80

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

The barrier immediately west of Norselbukta. View towards west from about 800 ft. The tabular berg on the horizon lies off the inlet about 40 kms west of Norselbukta (See P52/13/84-89)

Record: P52/13/81

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea and iceberg.

The barrier immediately west of Norselbukta. View towards west from about 800 ft. The tabular berg on the horizon lies off the inlet about 40 kms west of Norselbukta (See P52/13/84-89). The embayment in the centre is also seen in the cntre of P52/13/83

Record: P52/13/82

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea and iceberg.

The entrance of Norselbukta. View westwards across the inlet from about 800 ft. Pynten lies on the extreme right.

Record: P52/13/83

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

Inlet (tension crack?) in barrier about 40 kms west of Norselbukta from the air; altitude about 1000 ft. Note stranded tabular bergs off western point

Record: P52/13/84

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea and icebergs.

View towards north-west. The inlet is a tension crack which gradually narrows. The inner part is filled with bay ice and deep snow drifts

Record: P52/13/85

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea and icebergs.

View towards north-west. The inlet is a tension crack which gradually narrows. The inner part is filled with bay ice and deep snow drifts. A longitudinal tension crack can be seen running along the left-hand side of the bay ice

Record: P52/13/86

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea and icebergs.

View towards north-west. The inlet is a tension crack which gradually narrows. The inner part is filled with bay ice and deep snow drifts

Record: P52/13/87

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea and icebergs.

View towards north of tabular bergs lying off the western point of the inlet in the barrier about 40 kms. west of Norselbukta. The two inner bergs are stranded; the outer ones adrift

Record: P52/13/88

Aerial view of icebergs in the sea at the edge of ice sheet.

View towards north of tabular bergs lying off the western point of the inlet in the barrier about 40 kms. west of Norselbukta. The two inner bergs are stranded; the outer ones adrift

Record: P52/13/89

Aerial view of icebergs in the sea at the edge of ice sheet.

Small plane (KZ3) on floats

Record: P52/13/9

An Auster aeroplane taxis on floats at sea.

View towards south-east. Bay ice fills the inner part of the inlet

Record: P52/13/90

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

Small tension crack filled with bay ice in barrier immediately east of Norselbukta. Pynten lies on the extreme left of the picture. View towards north west from about 800 ft.

Record: P52/13/91

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

Inlet (tension crack?) in barrier about 35kms. east of Norselbukta from the air; altitude about 1000 ft. Bay ice fills the inlet and loose floes lie under the barrier. View towards north-west

Record: P52/13/92

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

Inlet (tension crack?) in barrier about 35kms. east of Norselbukta from the air; altitude about 1000 ft. Bay ice fills the inlet and loose floes lie under the barrier. View towards north-west

Record: P52/13/93

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

Inlet (tension crack?) in barrier about 35kms. east of Norselbukta from the air; altitude about 1000 ft. Bay ice fills the inlet and loose floes lie under the barrier. View towards north

Record: P52/13/94

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

Inlet (tension crack?) in barrier about 35kms. east of Norselbukta from the air; altitude about 1000 ft. Bay ice fills the inlet and loose floes lie under the barrier. View towards north-east

Record: P52/13/95

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

Inlet (tension crack?) in barrier about 35kms. east of Norselbukta from the air; altitude about 1000 ft. Bay ice fills the inlet and loose floes lie under the barrier. View towards north

Record: P52/13/96

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

Inlet (tension crack?) in barrier about 35kms. east of Norselbukta from the air; altitude about 1000 ft. Bay ice fills the inlet and loose floes lie under the barrier. View towards north-west

Record: P52/13/97

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

Inlet (tension crack?) in barrier about 35kms. east of Norselbukta from the air; altitude about 1000 ft. Bay ice fills the inlet and loose floes lie under the barrier. View towards south-east

Record: P52/13/98

Aerial view of ice sheet and sea.

Crashed aircraft (C5) on shelf ice

Record: P52/13/99

Expedition members stand around and on an aircraft which lies, crashed, on an ice sheet.

"Triple dyke" above sta. 12F from Camp I

Record: P55/13/101/1

Rock face.

Nunatak at Camp 2 - "Armchair" cirque

Record: P55/13/101/10

A harnessed dog team stands in front of a sledge (partially visible) in the foreground. An expedition member skis alongside a sledge being pulled over the snow away from the camera by a sled dog team ahead. Ridge visible in the background.

Fred Roots at Station 45F

Record: P55/13/101/11

Roots, writing in a book, sits on a steep snow-covered slope. Rucsacs and ski poles stand next to him.

Camp 6

Record: P55/13/101/12

Sledges and other equipment stand next to two pyramid tents pitched in the middle distance on a snow field in front of a rocky ridge.

Camp 6

Record: P55/13/101/13

View over a snow field to a rocky ridge.

Crevasses west of nunatak at Camp 7

Record: P55/13/101/14

An expedition member stands next to a loaded sledge on a flat snow field. A harnessed sled dog team lies on the snow next to the sledge. Three more sledges with dog teams stand on the snow further back. Small ridges cut across the snow field.

Crevasses west of nunatak at Camp 7

Record: P55/13/101/15

Three loaded sledges stand on a flat snow field, harnessed sled dog teams lie by each one. Small ridges cut across the snow field towards a rocky ridge in the background.

Boudinage of amphibole-rich band in gneiss. Sta. 48F

Record: P55/13/101/16

Close up of rock.

Boudinage of amphibole-rich band in gneiss. Sta. 48F

Record: P55/13/101/17

Close up of rock.

Cliff face showing pegmatite veins in gneiss

Record: P55/13/101/18

Close up of rock.

Cliff face showing pegmatite veins in gneiss

Record: P55/13/101/19

Close up of rock.

"Triple dyke" above sta. 12F from Camp I

Record: P55/13/101/2

Rock face.

"Concretionary" structure in blue ice west of Station 5A

Record: P55/13/101/20

Close up of ice, with a ski pole.

Porphyroblastic amphibole in gneiss, at Station 5A

Record: P55/13/101/21

Close up of rock.

Porphyroblastic amphibole in gneiss, at Station 5A

Record: P55/13/101/22

Close up of rock.

"Triple dyke" above sta. 12F from Camp I

Record: P55/13/101/3

Rock face.

Differentiated sills on "Borgen Spire" from Camp I

Record: P55/13/101/4

Rock face.

Differentiated sills overlying sediments near Sta. 11F from Camp I

Record: P55/13/101/5

Rock face.

Differentiated sills on "Borgen Spire" from Camp I

Record: P55/13/101/6

Rock face.

"Borgen" from Station 2A

Record: P55/13/101/6a

View of snow-covered rock ridge over a snow field.

Snow cornice on windscoop S.E. of Station 2A

Record: P55/13/101/7

Cornice at the end of a snow field. Rocky outcrop in background.