Reference: P2005/5/275

Title: Nelson, Day and Lashly in E.H. Shackleton’s hut. Feb. 17th 1911.

Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: Feb 17th 1911. 189. Nelson, Day, and Lashly in Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Hut.;Hand written on top of envelope: 187. Popperfoto label: Scanned V.I.;Box 5: Hand written by Ponting on box lid left side edge: Antarctic. Hand written in pencil inside the lid: 38. Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting: Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 150B – 183A. Width 8 inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.;Typed label: 187. Nelson, Day and Lashly in E.H. Shackleton’s hut. Feb. 17th 1911.

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

Summary text: View of the interior of Shackleton’s hut. Nelson and Lashly sit on wooden boxes reading, Day stands at a stove stirring a metal pot behind. Boxes are stacked against walls, bottles and cans stand on a table, clothes hang on lines suspended from the ceiling. Other clothes hang from the walls which are lined with shelves.

Date: 17.2.1911

Keywords: huts domestic activity equipment

Location: Antarctica, Ross Dependency

Photographer: Ponting, Herbert George