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Shackleton Expedition, 1907-1909 album 2
- Date
- 1907 to 1909
- Reference
- PA1-q-217
- Description
Photographs taken during Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909, by an unidentified photographer.
Many of the photographs refer to pages in Shackleton's book "The heart of the Antarctic: the farthest south" published soon after he returned to England.
This album consists mainly of landscapes, many showing various depots established by the men, and many with different types of ice encountered by the explorers, including pack ice, brash ice, pancake ice, floe ice, snow bergs, icebergs and pressure ice.
One photograph shows a party of three men at the Magnetic Pole. Alistair Forbes Mackay, Douglas Mawson and Professor Tannatt William Edgeworth David are seen on 16th January 1909 (at 3.30 pm), with Professor David announcing "I hearby take possession of this area now containing the Magnetic Pole for the British Empire".
Exhibited in 'Collect' exhibition on the role of collection in the Alexander Turnbull Library, mounted in National Library Gallery, 15 December 2006.
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "Shackleton's Expedition 1907-09, Vol 2", lettered in gold on spine; 27.5 x 38.0 cm. Album inserted in outer case, black cloth, with same title lettered in gold on spine; 28.5 x 39.0 cm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Copy negatives available at 1/2-C-009933 to 1/2-C-009934; 1/2-C-00936; 1/2-C-024058; 1/2-C-051874
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album with black cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "Shackleton's Expedition 1907-09, Vol 2", lettered in gold on spine; 27.5 x 38.0 cm. Album inserted in outer case, black cloth, with same title lettered in gold on spine; 28.5 x 39.0 cm
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UnknownCar pulling sleds during the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909)
Date: ca 1909
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-217-248
Description: Three unidentified men in a car that is pulling sleds, during the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909). Photographer unidentified. Original caption reads "Northern Depot Journey". Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Northern Depot Journey Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.3 x 30.3 cm
Party at Magnetic Pole
Date: 16 January 1909
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-217-240
Description: Alistair Mackay, Professor Edgeworth David and Sir Douglas Mawson at the Magnetic South Pole, after erecting an English flag. Photographed 16 January 1909 by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title transcribed from item Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Prof David: "I hereby take possession of this area, now containing the magnetic Pole for the British Empire."; Album page - right of image - Took this photo & gave three cheers for His Majesty, the King.; Album page - beneath image - Party at Magnetic Pole. 16 Jany 1909 3.30pm. Lat 72 [degrees]'25' S Long 155.16 E altitude 7260' Temp: 0 [degrees] Fah. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on album page. Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7.6 x 9.9 cm
Men at camp near the Magnetic Pole, British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909)
Date: ca 16 Jan 1909
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-217-239
Description: Alistair Mackay, Professor Edgeworth David and Sir Douglas Mawson at their camp near the Magnetic South Pole, circa 16 January, 1909, during the British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909). Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Camp near Magnetic Pole Mackay, David, Mawson Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 7.5 x 9.9 cm, attached to album page