Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Date: 1934-1935

From: Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Reference: PAColl-8102-1

Description: Photographs taken during the second Ellsworth Trans-Antarctic Flight Expedition of September 1934 to January 1936. The expedition left Dunedin on the 19th of September 1934 for Deception Island off Graham Land from where Lincoln Ellsworth made his second unsuccessful attempt to fly across the Antarctic Continent. The expedition's ship "Wyatt Earp" was crewed by Norwegians. When it arrived in Dunedin one of the crew had to leave the ship because of ill health. Ellsworth advertised for a replacement and from over 400 aplicants chose Alister Duthie, particularly for his skill at skiing. Quantity: 146 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1944-1945

From: Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Reference: PAColl-8102-3

Description: Landscape and coastal views of Norfolk Island and Philip Island; the remains of convict settlements and prisons at Kingston; Duthie and collegues visiting seabirds nesting on Philip Island; photographs of Gannets, Terns and Bosun Birds taken while on Philip Island; group photographs of Duthie and other men of the military meteriological service, one group taken outside "Pine Villa Weather Office." Photographs of Alister Duthie and collegues in military uniform; photographs of New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands, which are mainly views of local places and people, most unidentified. Quantity: 76 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1931-1934

From: Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Reference: PA1-o-1244

Description: A record of climbing expeditions in the Southern Alps made by Alister Duthie and other mountaineers from 1931 to 1934. The first is a single group photograph of a party of eight, one of whom was A P Harper, leaving 25 Mile Hut in the Rees Valley in 1931/1932. Another copy of this print is in the collection at Photo Archive ref PAColl-8102-5-63 and it carries a caption naming each person in the party. The print in this album is surrounded by their signatures. The caption on the copy print also states that this photograph was taken on the occasion of the first New Zealand climbing camp. The second expedition recorded took place from the 4th of January to the 10th of February 1934. Initially the party comprised Alister Duthie, Lella Davidson, and Greta Stevenson. It involved climbing mountains in the general vicinity of Mount Cook. They began by crossing the Copland Pass to Welcome Flat. At Waiho the party was joined by Kurt Suter who was working as a guide at Franz Josef Glacier. The party did much climbing which included Mount De la Beche, the Minerets of Mount Drummond, Mount Spencer, Glacier Peak, Mount Lendenfeldt, ending up at De la Beche Hut on January the 24th, at which point Lella Davidson left to return to Dunedin. The remaining three continued their climbing expedition during which they made the first crossing of the Southern Alps divide by way of Clarke Saddle, a high col at nearly 10,000 feet between Teichelmann Peak and Mount Bountier. The third expedition recorded took place earlier from the 25th of December 1933 to the 2nd of January 1934 when Alister Duthie and W H W Walker made an usuccessful attempt on Mount Aspiring. They were foiled by the weather and their tent was "blown to bits." However, from the 12th to the 19th of April 1934 a party consisting of Kurt Suter, R Pinney, and Alister Duthie climbed Mount Aspiring via the north-west ridge, and also climbed Plunket Dome and Cascade Saddle. As well as photographs relating to these expeditions, the album contains many other images of mountain peaks and river vallies in the Southern Alps. An article by Alister Duthie on the first crossing of the Southern Alps divide via Clarke Saddle is housed at Photo Archive ref PAColl-8102-7. It is from The New Zealand Alpine Journal, Vol 5, June 1934. The crossing of the Southern Alps divide via Clarke Saddle was reported in the "Star." A photocopy of the report can be found in the collection at Photo Archive ref PAColl-8102-6-12. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1931-1932

From: Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Reference: PA1-o-1245

Description: Photographs of friends, family, mountaineering expeditions in the Southern Alps, and a mountaineering training camp. The mountaineering expeditions are as follows;- 1. Mount Cook climbing expedition, Easter 1932. 2. A climbing expedition in the Forbes Range, Christmas 1931-1932. 3. A trip to the Remarkables in 1931. 4. Climbing Mount Eley in 1931-1932 Three groups of photographs relate to the occasion of the first New Zealand climbing camp in the Rees Valley area in Decenber 1931/January 1932. One of the participants in this event was A P Harper who features in the group photographs. A photograph of HMS "Diomede," and groups of sailers on board HMS "Wakakura." Two views of the interior of a naval arsenal, probably in Dunedin. There are also many unidentified photographs of Mountains, River vallies, waterfalls, and glaciers in the Southern Alps. Also unidentified climbers, and climbing parties on mountains, at camps and mountain huts. Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: [ca 1929-ca 1934]

From: Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Reference: PAColl-8102-5

Description: Views of river vallies, ranges and mountains in the Southern Alps. Also men and some women mountaineers on expeditions. These include Alister Duthie, mountain guide Kurt Suter, and veteran mountaineer A P Harper. There is a photograph of Alister Duthie, Greta Stevenson, and Kurt Suter taken in 1934 on their return from the first crossing of the main divide of the Southern Alps by way of Clarke Saddle between Teichelmann Peak and Mount Bountier. Two images record skiing parties and there is a copy print of a photograph taken on the 26th of December 1931 of a party leaving from 25 Mile Hut, Rees Valley, which includes A P Harper. The occasion of this photograph was the first New Zealand mountain climbing camp. Images of mountain huts include Howden Hut Greenstone Saddle, Matukituki Hut near Mount Aspiring, a hut in the upper Holyford Valley built by Alister Duthie and Kurt Suter, a hut in the Huka Valley near Mount Cook, and several unidentified huts. Quantity: 187 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1941

From: Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Reference: PAColl-8102-2-26-2

Description: Alistair Duthie skinning a sheep on Campbell Island during the Cape expedition to the sub-antarctic islands. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1941. The Cape Expedition carried out coast watching duties, and scientific work from 1941 to 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.4 x 10.7 cm

Date: 15 September 1935

From: Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Reference: PAColl-8102-6-09

Description: Formal head and shoulders portrait of Lella Davidson (left) and Great Stevenson (right), taken 15 September 1935 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.9 x 20 cm

Date: 1934-1941

From: Duthie, Alastair Simpson, 1912-1995 :Photographs of Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, coast watching in Sub-Antarctic Islands, service in Pacific, 1939-1945

Reference: PAColl-8102-4

Description: Photographs which include the bow of the "Tagua", the "Wyatt Earp" in Otago harbour in 1934, remnants of the "Derry Castle" in the cemetery on Enderby Island photographed by the Burton Brother in 1888, Mount Cook photographed by Greta Stevenson, and a Panorama of snow capped mountains with the caption "Rees Valley." Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s).