Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: Jan 23rd 1911. 145. Crown Patent Fuel from Cardiff. Stacked up to form a back to the Stables of the Hut at Cape Evans.;Hand written by Ponting on top of envelope: 145;Box 4: Hand written by Ponting on box lid left side edge: Antarctic 51 and on front side edge: 50. Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting: Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 113 – 150. Width 8 inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.;Typed label: 145. Stacking patent fuel. Jan. 23rd 1911.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: Expedition member, wearing balaclava, stacks blocks of fuel onto a sledge. Behind is the hut with boxes stacked against one wall alongside which another expedition member stacks blocks of fuel. Mount Erebus in background.
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