Reference: P2005/5/1121

Title: Hooper and Dimitri and a Weddell Seal at Cape Evans. March 1911

Description: glass plate negative;Hand written on top of the envelope: A172a. Popperfoto label: Scanned V.I.;Box 21: Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting Original Negatives. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1910-1912. A146 – A195. Width 6 1/10 inches, height 6 1/10 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.

Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)

Summary text: Hooper and Dimitri Geroff stand on the ice by a seal which lies at their feet. Hooper prods it with a stick. Coast and icebergs in background.

Date: 1911

Keywords: seals coasts icebergs

Location: Antarctica, Ross Dependency

Photographer: Ponting, Herbert George