Reference: P2005/5/442

Title: Lieut Evans observing an occulation of Jupiter. June 8th 1911

Description: glass plate negative;none;Hand written in pencil on top of envelope: 296A. Popperfoto stamp: Scanned V.I. Hand written in pencil on reverse: 1/1pl Normal. 7.11. 3 secs shading back figure & foreground.;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: Evans, wearing a balaclava and greatcoat, looks through a telescope resting on a tripod. He sits on a box in front of a semi-circular wall made of wooden boxes. Hut is behind the wall.

Date: 6.1911

Keywords: scientific research

Location: Antarctica, Ross Dependency

Photographer: Ponting, Herbert George