Title: Nelson and Lilley taking sample from bottle. Jan. 1st 1911.
Reference: P2005/5/90
Reference: P2005/5/90
Title: Nelson and Lilley taking sample from bottle. Jan. 1st 1911.
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: Jan 1st 1911. 63B. Nelson & Lilley drawing off the samples from the Insulated Water Bottle.;Hand written on top of envelope: 63B. 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: 63b. Nelson and Lilley taking sample from bottle. Jan. 1st 1911.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: Nelson and Lillie stand at the stern rail of the ship ‘Terra Nova’. Nelson holds a piece of scientific apparatus which hangs from a derrick steady, whilst Lillie makes adjustments to it.