Title: Giving one of the ponies which has just swam ashore from the T.N. a bottle of whiskey
Reference: P2005/5/227
Reference: P2005/5/227
Title: Giving one of the ponies which has just swam ashore from the T.N. a bottle of whiskey
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: Feby 8th 1911. 159. Giving one of the ponies which has just swam ashore from the T.N. a bottle of whiskey;Hand written on top of envelope in purple ink: 159. 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.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: Five expedition members stand round a pony on a gravel beach. They holds its head and neck whilst one man holds a bottle to its mouth. A dog lies on the ground nearby.