Expedition photographs
Grytviken harbour and whaling station
Historical recordCataloged expedition photograph: View along the deck of the ship ‘Quest’, on which stand three men. Two dead whales lie in the water alongside a steam whaler and a motor launch motors across the fjord behind. Coast in the background.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Artifact date
- 1922
- Creator
- Bee-Mason, John Charles
- Holding institution
- Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Scope of evidence
The record establishes artifact provenance, not modern speculative Antarctic claims.
Original material
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Sources and what they support
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- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.freezeframe.ac.uk/collection/photos-shackleton-rowett-antarctic-expedition-1921-22/p56-77-70
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