Reference: P2005/5/594

Title: Meares and Dimitri at the blubber stove in the “Discovery” Hut at Hut Point. November 3rd 1911

Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: Nov 3 1911. 384. Interior. Meares & Dimitri at the blubber stove Discovery Hut;Hand written on top of envelope: 384. Popperfoto label: scanned V.I. Hand written on reverse in pencil: 1/1 pl. Soft. 7.16. 3 secs, up to 5 for left end.;Box 12: Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 377A – 410. Hand written inside lid: Mr Herbert G. Ponting, 47 Oxford Mansion, Oxford Circus, W1. Hand written on side of lid above Popperfoto label: Antarctic. Torn label on side of lid to front: 4?? – 469. Width 8 inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.

Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)

Summary text: In the interior of the hut, Meares, smoking a pipe, and Dimitri Geroff sit on boxes at a brick stove on which sit three metal pans. Clothing hangs from a line suspended from the ceiling, boxes are stacked against the walls.

Date: 11.1911

Keywords: huts domestic activity

Location: Antarctica, Ross Dependency

Photographer: Ponting, Herbert George