Title: Wright and Bowers packing sledges for the southern journey
Reference: P2005/5/988
Reference: P2005/5/988
Title: Wright and Bowers packing sledges for the southern journey
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written on top of the envelope: A63. Popperfoto label: Scanned V.I.;Box 19: Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting Original Negatives. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1910-1912. A51B/A – A94. Lid cracked right across. Width 6 1/10 inches, height 6 1/10 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: Wright and Bowers pack boxes and sacks onto sledges. Behind them, standing on the snow, are more boxes and sacks and a large crate. Meares uses an axe in the middle distance.