Reference: P2005/5/1159

Title: Seamen of the Terra Nova “make and mend clothes”

Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: A197. Seamen of the “Terra Nova” “Make & mend clothes”;Hand written on top of the envelope: A197. Popperfoto label: Scanned V.I.;Box 22: Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting Original Negatives. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1910-1912. A196 – A243. Width 6 1/10 inches, height 6 1/10 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.

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

Summary text: Two crewmen sit on the deck of the ship ‘Terra Nova’. They sew thick sheets of material which lies on their laps.

Date: 1910

Keywords: domestic activity clothing

Location: Antarctica, Ross Dependency

Photographer: Ponting, Herbert George