Expedition photographs
Unloading a motor sledge from Terra Nova
Historical recordCataloged expedition photograph: Six expedition members stand in line on planks of wood lying on the ice next to ship ‘Terra Nova’. They haul on a rope which is attached to a motorised sledge, equipped with caterpillar tracks, which is suspended by a block and tackle from the Terra Nova’s yardarm. Other expedition members stand on the ice and on deck watching.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Getting the ill-fated motor-sledge off the ship. Jan. 8th 1911.
- Artifact date
- 8.1.1911
- Creator
- Ponting, Herbert George
- Holding institution
- Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Scope of evidence
The record establishes artifact provenance, not modern speculative Antarctic claims.
Landing a motor-sledge. Public-domain 1913 book reproduction.
Ponting, Herbert George photograph, Scott's Last Expedition, arranged by Leonard Huxley (London: Smith, Elder, 1913), vol. 1; Museum Victoria / Biodiversity Heritage Library scan via Internet Archive.
Image source record · Reuse terms
Image rights and evidence limits
Public domain. BHL metadata explicitly considers this work no longer under copyright protection. Independent 1913 book reproduction; no SPRI scan reuse permission implied.
Image existence does not prove a linked claim. Consult image-specific captions and reuse conditions.
Sources and what they support
Links document the record, the claim’s circulation, an assessment, or reuse terms as labeled. A source link is not automatically corroboration.
- image reproduction provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://archive.org/details/ScottquotslasteIScot
- image reuse conditionshttps://archive.org/metadata/ScottquotslasteIScot
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.freezeframe.ac.uk/collection/photos-british-antarctic-expedition-1910-13-ponting-collection/p2005-5-161
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