Title: A blizzard beginning on Mount Erebus. October 1st 1911
Reference: P2005/5/509
Reference: P2005/5/509
Title: A blizzard beginning on Mount Erebus. October 1st 1911
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: Oct 1st 1911. 338. A Blizzard beginning on Mount Erebus.;Hand written on top of envelope: 338;Box 10: 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. 323 – 344. Hand written in ink above Popperfoto label: A33?-418. Width 8 inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: An expedition member stand in deep snow in front of the hut. Skis stand upright in the snow and boxes lie on the floor covered by snow. Mount Erebus obscured by clouds in the background.