Title: Midwinter Day Dinner at Winterquarters Hut. June 22nd 1911
Reference: P2005/5/447
Reference: P2005/5/447
Title: Midwinter Day Dinner at Winterquarters Hut. June 22nd 1911
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: June 22nd 1911. 300. Midwinter Day Dinner at Winterquarters Hut.;Hand written on top of envelope: 300. 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: In the interior of the hut, Scott sits at the head of the table, other expedition members sit down each side of the table. A further three expedition members stand. On the table stand bottles, glasses and bowls of food. Pennants hang from the ceiling.