Reference: P2005/5/342

Title: Weddell seal, diving off the ice. Cape Evans. March 15th 1911

Description: glass plate negative;Typed on internal envelope: Antarctic. A Weddell Seal about to enter the icy waters at West Beach, Cape Evans. Hand written in pencil: 4;Hand written on top of envelope in biro: 234. Popperfoto label: Scanned V.I. Hand written in biro: 15.3.1911. a Weddell Seal about to Dive from the Ice at West Beach, Cape Evans. Stamped on reverse: Press Photos – Urgent. Do not bend/Ne pas plier/Nicht falten. Paul Popper Ltd. Photographic Agency. 14 Bride Lane. Typed on reverse: Zentralredaktion. Westdeutsche Allgemeine ?tung. Friedrichstr. 36-38, 43 Essen/Ruhr, Germany.;Box 7: Hand written on outside lid, left side: Antarctic. Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 218 – 253. Width 8inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.;Typed label: 234. Weddell seal, diving off the ice. Cape Evans. March 15th 1911.

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

Summary text: Weddell seal lies on ice looking down into water. Coastline in background.

Date: 3.1911

Keywords: seals coasts

Location: Antarctica, Ross Dependency

Photographer: Ponting, Herbert George