Reference: P2005/5/433

Title: Flashlight Photograph of The Castle Berg. June 4th 1911

Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: June 4th 1911. 292. Flashlight Photograph of The Castle Berg.;Hand written on top of envelope: 292. Popperfoto stamp: Scanned V.I.;Box 9: Part of a worn label on outside front edge of lid: No 470A – 564. Hand written inscription in ink, inside lid: Mr. H.G. Ponting, 47 Oxford Mansion, Oxford Circus. 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: Iceberg illuminated by flash bulb. Two expedition members stand on skis at the iceberg’s base.

Date: 6.1911

Keywords: icebergs

Location: Antarctica, Ross Dependency

Photographer: Ponting, Herbert George