Title: Dr Wilson and Lieut Bowers reading the Ramp thermometer. June 7th 1911
Reference: P2005/5/440
Reference: P2005/5/440
Title: Dr Wilson and Lieut Bowers reading the Ramp thermometer. June 7th 1911
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: Date? 295. Dr Wilson and Lieut Bowers reading the Ramp thermometer.;Hand written on top of envelope: 295. 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: Wilson and Bowers stand at the top of a snow-covered rocky outcrop. Bowers looks at a thermometer on a wooden stand, Wilson writes in a notebook. They are illuminated by a flash bulb.