Reference: P2005/5/446

Title: Moonlight Photograph of the Winterquarters Hut and Camp with Mount Erebus in the background. (One day past full moon). June 13th 1911

Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: June 13th 1911. 299. Moonlight Photograph of the Winterquarters Hut and Camp with Mount Erebu in the background. (One day past full moon);Hand written on top of envelope: 299. Popperfoto stamp: Scanned V.I. Hand written in pencil: Popper B83737A;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: View of the hut, partially covered with snow. Skis and poles stand in the snow on one side, a sledge stands in front. Boxes lie in the snow and are stacked against the side of the hut. Mount Erebus in background.

Date: 6.1911

Keywords: huts mountains

Location: Antarctica, Ross Dependency

Photographer: Ponting, Herbert George