Title: Meares and dogs on ice-house. Jan. 3rd 1911.
Reference: P2005/5/102
Reference: P2005/5/102
Title: Meares and dogs on ice-house. Jan. 3rd 1911.
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written on top of envelope in purple ink: 70B (A has been crossed out). Popperfoto label: Scanned V.I.;Box 2: Hand written by Ponting (?) on outside of box lid (on a label which appears to have been torn off): …ONA1 NEGA… Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 35-72. Hand written on inside of lid: 8. Mr H.G. Ponting, 44 Oxford Mansions, Oxford Circus, W.1. Width 8 inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. 53 negatives in box. Scratched.;Typed label: 70a. Meares and dogs on ice-house. Jan. 3rd 1911.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: Meares stands at the top of steps which lead up onto the roof of a cabin on the ship ‘Terra Nova’. Dogs sit and stand around him on the roof. Sails set above his head.