Title: Laying a depot. H. & P’s biscuits. Feb. 8th 1911.
Reference: P2005/5/224
Reference: P2005/5/224
Title: Laying a depot. H. & P’s biscuits. Feb. 8th 1911.
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written in pencil: 156;Hand written on top of envelope in purple ink: 156A. Popperfoto label: Scanned V.I.;Box 5: Hand written by Ponting on box lid left side edge: Antarctic. Hand written in pencil inside the lid: 38. Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting: Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 150B – 183A. Width 8 inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.;Typed label: 156. Laying a depot. H. & P’s biscuits. Feb. 8th 1911.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: Two expedition members unload wooden boxes containing Huntly and Palmer’s biscuits from a sledge, another is stacking boxes behind around a flagpole on a mound of gravel. A flag flies in the wind.