Title: Backdoor Bay. Cape Royds showing sharp line of shadow on Erebus. Feb. 16th 1911.
Reference: P2005/5/271
Reference: P2005/5/271
Title: Backdoor Bay. Cape Royds showing sharp line of shadow on Erebus. Feb. 16th 1911.
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written byPonting: Feb 16th 1911. 185. Backdoor Bay, from Cape Royds, showing the sharp line of shadow from Clouds between the Sun and Mount Erebus.;Hand written on top of envelope: 185. Popperfoto label: Scanned V.I.;Box 6: Hand written on outside lid, left side: CINE. Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 184 – 217. Width 8inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.;Typed label: 185. Backdoor Bay. Cape Royds showing sharp line of shadow on Erebus. Feb. 16th 1911.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: View of mount Erebus, broken ice on water in foreground with rocky plateau behind.