Expedition photographs
Wilson and Bowers recording a thermometer reading
Historical recordCataloged expedition photograph: Wilson and Bowers stand at the top of a snow-covered rocky outcrop. Bowers looks at a thermometer on a wooden stand, Wilson writes in a notebook. They are illuminated by a flash bulb.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Dr Wilson and Lieut Bowers reading the Ramp thermometer. June 7th 1911
- Artifact date
- 6.1911
- 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.
Dr. Wilson and Lieut. Bowers reading the ramp thermometer in the winter night. 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/p2005-5-440
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