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Picture Library catalogue: Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition 1921-22

 

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Here you can browse the complete listing of all the Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition 1921-22 (SRAE 1921-22) items.

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There are 340 items in this collection, of which 150 are shown below. Use the navigation to view more pages.

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Icebergs seen through rigging

Record: P2002/28/757

An expedition member stands on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' by a tarpaulin covered rowing boat. Another rowing boat hangs from a derrick. An iceberg floats at sea in the background.

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Icebergs seen through rigging

Record: P2002/28/758

A tarpaulin covered rowing boat stands on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'. Another rowing boat hangs from a derrick. An iceberg floats at sea in the background.

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Icebergs seen through rigging

Record: P2002/28/759

View of an iceberg floating at sea behind the wheelhouse of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'.

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The 'Quest' pushing through thin ice

Record: P2002/28/762

View of the bows of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' cutting through thin sea ice.

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'Quest' in the ice

Record: P2002/28/764

View over the side of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' to broken pack ice. A rowing boat hangs from a derrick by the wheelhouse.

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'Quest' in the ice

Record: P2002/28/767

View over the stern of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' to broken pack ice.

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Looking down from the 'Quest' to the pack ice

Record: P2002/28/790

View looking down on the wheelhouse and the stern of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' to broken pack ice. An expedition member stands on the roof of the wheelhouse.

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Five men walking across the ice

Record: P2002/28/791

Five expedition members walk towards the camera on pack ice. Icebergs in the background.

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Five men clambering through ice

Record: P2002/28/793

Five expedition members climb over a mound of ice on the sea ice.

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Five men and dog playing on ice, 'Quest' in the background

Record: P2002/28/794

Five expedition members play on sea ice with a dog. Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' with some sails set in the background.

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Five men pose for the camera on ice

Record: P2002/28/795

Five expedition members stand for the camera on sea ice with a dog.

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'Quest' footballers

Record: P2002/28/796

Expedition members stand in a line on flat sandy ground in between two poles stuck into the ground. One has his foot on a football.

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Heavy pressed-up pack ice

Record: P2002/28/803

Two expedition members stand on lumpy sea ice.

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Heavy pressed-up pack ice

Record: P2002/28/804

Two expedition members walk away from the camera on lumpy sea ice.

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Man sitting in pressed-up pack ice

Record: P2002/28/806

An expedition member sits on a lump of ice on lumpy sea ice.

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Pintado petrels (cape pigeons) in sea around 'Quest' in South Georgia

Record: P2002/28/870

Petrels sit in the water next to the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'. Snow-covered mountainous coast in the background.

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Prince Olaf whaling station, South Georgia

Record: P2002/28/879

View over sea to steam ship at the shore. Warehouses behind and snow-covered mountains coast in the background.

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Prince Olaf whaling station, South Georgia

Record: P2002/28/879_dup_a

View over sea to steam ship at the shore. Warehouses behind and snow-covered mountains coast in the background.

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[Taking measurements on the ice]

Record: P2002/28/879_dup_b

Expedition members stand on sea ice with an instrument on a tripod and posts stuck into the ice. Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' in the background.

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Prince Olaf whaling station, South Georgia

Record: P2002/28/891

Expedition members walk across scrubby ground. Mountainside in the background (blurred image).

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'Quest' off South Georgia

Record: P2002/28/905

View over sea to sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'. Mountainous coast in the background.

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The coffin in Holy Trinity Church, Montevideo

Record: P2002/28/908

Coffin, covered with the English flag, lies in a church.

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'Quest' off South Georgia

Record: P2002/28/914

View over sea to sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'. Mountainous coast in the background.

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[Taking measurements on the ice]

Record: P2002/28/933

Expedition members stand on sea ice with an instrument on a tripod and posts stuck into the ice. Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' in the background.

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Gough Island. The Apostle

Record: P2002/28/939

View over sea to cliffs.

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Gough Island. The Apostle

Record: P2002/28/940

View over sea to cliffs (under exposed image).

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Tristan da Cunha

Record: P2002/28/941

Three women, a child and a man stand by a spinning wheel next to a thatch covered stone hut. Stone walls on a hillside leading to the sea in the background.

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Ramsgate. The pilot, his daughter and others

Record: P2002/28/942a

A group of men, women and children stand on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'.

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Ascension

Record: P2002/28/942b

View over sea of rocky coast and hillside.

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Ascension

Record: P2002/28/943a

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies in shore at a rocky coast. A rowing boat is rowed away from her stern. A settlement of huts on the coast in the background.

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Two women visitors on ship

Record: P2002/28/943b

Two women stand on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'.

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Ascension

Record: P2002/28/944a

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies in shore at a rocky coast. A rowing boat is rowed away from her stern. A settlement of huts on the coast in the background (blurred image).

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Ascension

Record: P2002/28/944b

View over sea to rocky coast with settlement and hills behind. Boats lie near to the shore.

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Ascension

Record: P2002/28/945a

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies in shore at a rocky coast. A rowing boat is rowed away from her stern. A settlement of huts on the coast in the background.

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'Quest' at the Glen anchorage, viewed from high slopes of Gough Island

Record: P2002/28/945b

View looking down steep vegetation covered hillside to the sea below where sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies at anchor.

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Liner

Record: P2002/28/946

Steam ship in port. Steam launches nearby.

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Three men on bridge of 'Quest'

Record: P2002/28/947

Three expedition members look through a window of the bridge.

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Man on rowing boat

Record: P2002/28/948

An expedition member stands at the bows of a rowing boat holding onto the rigging at the side of the ship 'Quest'.

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Man on rowing boat

Record: P2002/28/949

An expedition member stands at the bows of a rowing boat holding onto the rigging at the side of the ship 'Quest'.

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Working party

Record: P2002/28/950

Four expedition members, coal blackened, stand on the deck of the ship 'Quest'. One holds a paintpot. Tarpaulin covered rowing boat in the background.

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On deck

Record: P2002/28/951

Three expedition members sit on the deck at the stern of the ship 'Quest'.

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On deck

Record: P2002/28/952

Two expedition members sit at the bows of the ship 'Quest'.

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On deck

Record: P2002/28/953

Two expedition members, one in officers cap, stand on the side deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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On deck

Record: P2002/28/954

An expedition member sits at the bows of the ship 'Quest'.

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On deck

Record: P2002/28/955

Macklin stands on the side deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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Taking observations

Record: P2002/28/956

An expedition member (Hussey?)stands on the side deck of the ship 'Quest' studying a scientific instrument.

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On deck

Record: P2002/28/957

An expedition member stands on the side deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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'Quest'

Record: P2002/28/958

View of sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' from bowsprit.

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'Quest' off unidentified rocky coastline

Record: P2002/28/959

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies at anchor (blurred image).

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'Quest' off unidentified rocky coastline

Record: P2002/28/960

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' lies at anchor (blurred image).

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Man in surf boat off Ascension

Record: P2002/28/961

A man rows a wooden boat. Settlement on coast in background.

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'France'

Record: P2002/28/962

The bows of the sailing ship 'France' with sails set.

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'Quest'

Record: P2002/28/963

Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' at sea (blurred image).

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Icebergs seen through rigging

Record: P2002/28/964

A tarpaulin covered rowing boat stands on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'. Another rowing boat hangs from a derrick. An iceberg floats at sea in the background.

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Icebergs seen through rigging

Record: P2002/28/965

An expedition member stands on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' by a tarpaulin covered rowing boat. Another rowing boat hangs from a derrick. An iceberg floats at sea in the background.

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Two men on the ice

Record: P2002/28/966

Two expedition members stand on sea ice. Iceberg in the background.

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Two men on the ice

Record: P2002/28/967

Two expedition members stand on sea ice. Sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' in the background.

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Wild taking observations

Record: P2002/28/968

Wild stands on sea ice looking through a theodolite.

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Taking observations

Record: P2002/28/969

Three expedition members stand on sea ice in the middle distance, taking observations.

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[Seals]

Record: P2002/28/970

A seal in the water next to the hull of the ship 'Quest'. Broken pack ice nearby.

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[Sea ice]

Record: P2002/28/971

View from ship 'Quest' of broken pack ice. Rowing boat hanging from davitts in the foreground.

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View through arch

Record: P2002/28/972

View through an arch to two barrels standing next to a shrub.

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Hut on islet

Record: P2002/28/973

A building and a tower stand on the top of a rocky islet.

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Iceberg

Record: P2002/28/974

View over sea to iceberg.

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Iceberg

Record: P2002/28/975

View over sea to iceberg.

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'Quest'

Record: P2002/28/976

View over sea to sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' (blurred image).

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Man and dog on ice

Record: P2002/28/977

An expedition member stands with a dog, on its hind legs, on ice at the bows of the ship 'Quest'.

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Man on ice

Record: P2002/28/978

An expedition member stands on ice at the bows of the ship 'Quest'. Another leans over from the bows above.

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Man on ice

Record: P2002/28/979

An expedition member stands on ice by the ship 'Quest'.

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Manager's house, South Georgia

Record: P2002/28/980

Four men stand outside a wooden house by a trolley on rails. Another house to one side.

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'France'

Record: P2002/28/983

Sailing ship 'France', sails set.

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'France'

Record: P2002/28/984

Sailing ship 'France', sails set.

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'France'

Record: P2002/28/985

Sailing ship 'France', sails set.

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Coal trimming gang of four

Record: P2002/28/986

Four expedition members, black from coal dust and holding shovels, stand on the deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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View of Jamestown, St Helena (St James' Church)

Record: P2002/28/987

View looking down on settlement in a valley at the shore. Church by the water. Boats lie out at sea.

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View of Jamestown, St Helena (St James' Church)

Record: P2002/28/988

View looking down on settlement in a valley at the shore. Church by the water. Boats lie out at sea (double exposure).

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Rigging repairs

Record: P2002/28/989

Two expedition members stand on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest', another is up the rigging (blurred image).

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Sir Ernest Shackleton, Mr Rowett and Captain [Commander] Wild on the bridge of the 'Quest' after having paid a visit to Southampton to supervise the work of fitting out the expedition ship

Record: P2002/28/PRESS_1

Shackleton, Rowett and Wild, in suits and ties, look out from the bridge of ship 'Quest'.

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Shackleton's Master's Certificate

Record: P2002/28/xq36

Merchant Marine Certificate.

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'Quest' in Hay's warf (sic), London

Record: P56/77/1

View looking down on the deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. Men in sailors caps, others in suits and a boy scout stand at the ship's rail. A small boat and sacks lie on the deck. Barges lie tied to the wharf, on which stand crowds of people, behind.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/10

Three expedition members work on ropes and block and tackle on the deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. Snow-covered coast in the background.

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Gentoo penguin

Record: P56/77/100

Penguin with chicks.

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Gentoo penguin on nest

Record: P56/77/101

Penguin with chick sits on a nest of grass.

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Light mantled sooty albatross

Record: P56/77/102

An albatross sits amongst grass on a cliff face.

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Light mantled sooty albatross

Record: P56/77/103

An albatross sits amongst grass on a cliff face.

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Giant petrel

Record: P56/77/104

Petrel sitting on sand.

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Giant petrel and chick

Record: P56/77/105

Petrel sitting on grass with chick.

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Giant petrel on nest

Record: P56/77/106

Petrel sitting on grass nest.

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Young wandering albatross

Record: P56/77/107

Albatross stands amongst grass tussocks.

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Wandering albatross courting

Record: P56/77/108

Two albatross stand amongst grass tussocks.

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Wandering albatross courting

Record: P56/77/109

An albatross with its wings outstretched stands amongst grass tussocks.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/11

View along the snow-covered deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. Snow-covered coast in the background.

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Wandering albatross courting

Record: P56/77/110

Two albatross sit amongst grass tussocks.

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Wandering albatross on nest

Record: P56/77/111

An albatross sits amongst grass tussocks.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/12

Two expedition members work at a coil of rope on the snow-covered deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. Another looks out from the wheel house.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/13

Snow-covered deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/14

View over the wheel house of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' over broken pack ice.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/15

View along the side of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/16

Two expedition members stand on the ice at the side of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' attaching a basket to a rope. ANother stands watching. Other crew members watch from the deck.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/17

View of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' beset in the ice.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/18

View of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' beset in the ice.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/19

An expedition member stands on the ice in front of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' beset in the ice.

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'Quest' in Hay's warf (sic), London

Record: P56/77/2

Steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' lies moored to a wharf. Crew members stand on the deck, two children walk on the wharf. Factories and houses in the background.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/20

View over melting pack ice of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' with sails set.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/21

View over melting pack ice of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' with sails set.

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'Quest' in pack ice

Record: P56/77/22

View over melting pack ice of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' with sails set.

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Watering ship in floe ice

Record: P56/77/23

Two expedition members stand on broken pack ice next to the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. Others stand at the ship's rail.

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Shackleton and J.Q. Rowett

Record: P56/77/24

Shackleton, writing on a piece of paper, and Rowett, both wearing suits and ties, stand on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'.

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Shackleton

Record: P56/77/25

Portrait of Shackleton, smartly dressed, talking to a woman. Crowds of people in the background.

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Shackleton washing 'Query'

Record: P56/77/26

Shackleton sits on a box on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'. He washes an alsation in a metal basin.

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Members of the expedition on 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/27

Expedition members pose at the stern of the ship 'Quest'.

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Members of the expedition at Shackleton's memorial cross

Record: P56/77/28

Expedition members pose around a cross on a cairn. Snow-covered hillside in the background.

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Frank Wild

Record: P56/77/29

Portrait of Wild on the deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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'Quest' in Hay's warf (sic), London

Record: P56/77/3

Crowds of people stand on a wharf and at a balconies on a warehouse above. A barge in the foreground.

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Frank Wild

Record: P56/77/30

Portrait of Wild on the deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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Frank Worsley at crows-nest of 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/31

Worsley, smoking a pipe, stands in the crow's nest of the ship 'Quest'.

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D.G. Jeffrey and G.V. Douglas taking observations for magnetic dip

Record: P56/77/32

Jeffrey and Douglas stand on ice at scientific instrument standing on a stack of boxes. A theodolite and another instrument on a tripod stand nearby. Another expedition member stands on a mound of ice in the background.

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J.W.S. Marr, J.A. McIlroy, F. Wild and A.H. Macklin

Record: P56/77/33

Marr, McIlroy and Wild sit in a rowing boat lying at a seaweed covered beach, Macklin, holding a rifle stands by the boat. Rocky coast in the background.

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T.F. McLeod, Marr, Jeffrey, J.W. Dell

Record: P56/77/34

Four expedition members sit on the snow-covered deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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G.H. Ross, H.J. Argles, S.S. Young, A.J. Kerr, C.E. Smith

Record: P56/77/35

Five expedition members sit on the snow-covered deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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McIlroy, C.R. Carr, Wild, Macklin

Record: P56/77/36

Four expedition members sit on the snow-covered deck of the ship 'Quest'.

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Portrait

Record: P56/77/37

Portrait of expedition member in suit and tie.

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On board the 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/38

Four expedition members stand at the rail of the ship Sail and steam powered 'Quest'.

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[Shackleton and another man]

Record: P56/77/39

Portrait of Shackleton and another man standing on the deck of a ship.

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'Quest' in Hay's warf (sic), London

Record: P56/77/4

View looking down on the deck of the steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' lying moored at a wharf. Men in suits stand on the deck and walk up the gang plank. Crowds of people stand on the wharf, barges lie in the water.

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[On board the 'Quest']

Record: P56/77/40

Frank Wild, holding a can, stands on the deck of the ship 'Quest' with Ernest Shackleton.

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[Portrait]

Record: P56/77/41

Portrait of two men in sailors caps.

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[Portrait]

Record: P56/77/42

Portrait of a man in a sailor cap.

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Alexander John Kerr, First Engineer

Record: P56/77/43

Portrait of a man in a sailor cap.

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[Shackleton on board the 'Quest']

Record: P56/77/44

Shackleton, in an overcoat, stands on the rain-slicked deck of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest'.

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'Query'

Record: P56/77/45

Portrait of alsation dog.

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St Paul's rocks

Record: P56/77/46

An expedition member stands on rocks. A rope runs from his feet to a rowing boat in the sea below. Four expedition members stand in the boat, one at a steering oar and one pushing off from the rocks with a pole. More rocks behind.

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St Paul's rocks

Record: P56/77/47

View over sea to a rocky island.

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St Paul's rocks

Record: P56/77/48

View over a rocky island.

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St Paul's rocks

Record: P56/77/49

View over the bows of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest', its sails set, towards a rocky island.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/5

Expedition members stand at the rail of steam and sail powered ship 'Quest'. They watch a net being dragged through the sea alongside.

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St Paul's rocks

Record: P56/77/50

An expedition member stands in the middle distance on a rocky island.

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St Paul's rocks

Record: P56/77/51

View along the bowsprit of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' towards a rocky island.

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Larsen Harbour, S. Georgia

Record: P56/77/52

View along the bowsprit of the sail and steam powered ship 'Quest' towards a mountainous, snow-covered coast.

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Drygalski Fjord, S. Georgia

Record: P56/77/53

View over the sea towards a mountainous, snow-covered coast.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/54

Dead whales lie alongside three steam powered whalers lying at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/55

Dead whales lie alongside three steam powered whalers lying at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/56

Steam powered whalers lie at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/57

Steam powered whalers lie at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/58

A man stands on a motor launch which motors across a fjord, a whale carcass tied alongside. Steam powered whalers lie at the shore in front of houses and warehouses behind. Mountains in the background.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/59

View over fjord towards steam powered whalers lying at the shore in front of houses and warehouses behind. Mountains in the background. Tussocky grass in the foreground.

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Activities on board 'Quest'

Record: P56/77/6

Three expedition members stand at the rail of steam and sail powered ship 'Quest' about to launch a net.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/60

Dead whales lie alongside three steam powered whalers lying at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. Mountain behind.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/61

Dead whales lie at the shore in front of houses and warehouses. A steam powered whaler lies to one side. Mountain behind.

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Price Olaf harbour and whaling station

Record: P56/77/62

Two men stand amongst whale carcasses on the shore. More dead whales lie in the sea behind. Steam powered whalers lie moored to one side. Mountains in the distance.