Title: Day, Nelson and Lashly probing a crevasse on Barne Glacier. Feb. 21st 1911.
Reference: P2005/5/283
Reference: P2005/5/283
Title: Day, Nelson and Lashly probing a crevasse on Barne Glacier. Feb. 21st 1911.
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: Feby 21 1911 (17 has been crossed out). 191. Probing a crevasse on the Barne Glacier. Nelson, Day & Lashly.;Hand written on top of envelope in purple ink: 191A. 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: 191. Day, Nelson and Lashly probing a crevasse on Barne Glacier. Feb. 21st 1911.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: Day and Nelson poke at the ice with ice-axes, Lashly leans on an ice-axe and smokes a pipe. They are all attached to a laden sledge with ropes and harnesses. Flat ice field extends into distance.