Reference: P2005/5/147

Title: Penguins and an iceberg. Jan. 7th 1911.

Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: Jan 7th 1911. 104. Adelie Penguins in the Pack Ice. Hand written in blue crayon: ?9995. Hand written in pencil: B/12871 and on reverse: NL. 10×8. F11. 5 secs then shade back left end (1/3) up to 9 secs, let in foreground up to 18.;Hand written on top of envelope: 104. Corner of Negative cracked, and negative bound to corner glass. Popperfoto label: Scanned V.I. Hand written in pencil: Paul Popper Ltd, B/1281 (?);Box 3: Hand written by Ponting (?) on inside lid: Mr H.G. Ponting, 47 Oxford Mansion, Oxford Circus, W.1. and on outside A250 – ?320. Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting: Scott’s Antarctic Expedition Expedition 1911-1912. 73 – 112A. Width 8 inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. … negatives. Scratched.;Typed label: 104. Penguins and an iceberg. Jan. 7th 1911.

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

Summary text: A group of penguins stand on an ice floe with an iceberg in the background, partially out of shot.

Date: 7.1.1911

Keywords: penguins icebergs

Location: Antarctica, Ross Dependency

Photographer: Ponting, Herbert George