Title: Petty Officer Forde, and a Crab Eater Seal (Sea Leopard). May 28th 1911
Reference: P2005/5/428
Reference: P2005/5/428
Title: Petty Officer Forde, and a Crab Eater Seal (Sea Leopard). May 28th 1911
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: May 28th 1911. 287. Petty Officer Forde, and a Crab Eater Seal (Sea Leopard);Hand written on top of envelope: 287. Popperfoto stamp: Scanned V.I.;Box 8: Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 254 – 287. Width 8inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: Forde squats on the ice holding up the head of a crab-eater seal.