Expedition photographs

Scientists skiing with Russ the dog in the Weddell Sea

Historical record

Scottish expedition photograph.

What this record establishes

Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.

Record details

Original title
Skiers and Russ
Artifact date
1903-02-22
Holding institution
University of Glasgow
Russ and penguins — published photograph, 1907

Russ, the Scottish expedition dog, with penguins, photographed by R. C. Mossman and published in Life in the Antarctic (1907), p. 18. A related photograph of the named dog, not the catalogued Glasgow photograph of skiers and Russ.

R. C. Mossman, photograph; Life in the Antarctic (Gowans & Gray, 1907), p. 18. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library / Internet Archive.

This image depicts the named expedition dog but does not depict the skiers or reproduce Glasgow Photo C1/521. The exact Glasgow image remains separately licensed.

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Image rights and evidence limits

Public domain: published in 1907; photograph credited on the plate to Robert Cockburn Mossman (1870–1940). The Smithsonian Libraries / Biodiversity Heritage Library record identifies this edition as public domain. Independent book scan, not the University of Glasgow reproduction.

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