Reference: P2005/5/65

Title: Surgeon Levick skinning a penguin on the Terra Nova.

Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: 44. Dr Levick skinning a Penguin, in the “Terra Nova”.;Hand written on top of envelope: 44. Popperfoto label: Scanned V.I.;Box 2: Hand written by Ponting (?) on outside of box lid (on a label which appears to have been torn off): …ONA1 NEGA… Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 35-72. Hand written on inside of lid: 8. Mr H.G. Ponting, 44 Oxford Mansions, Oxford Circus, W.1. Width 8 inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. 53 negatives in box. Scratched.;Typed label: 44. Surgeon Levick skinning a penguin on the Terra Nova.

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

Summary text: Levick stands on the deck of the ship ‘Terra Nova’. He skins a penguin which is hanging off the side of a tarpaulin covered crate.

Date: 12.1910

Keywords: penguins hunting

Location: Antarctica, Ross Dependency

Photographer: Ponting, Herbert George