Expedition photographs
Elephant Island party waving toward a boat
Historical recordFrank Hurley photograph cataloged under a historical rescue caption.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Artifact date
- circa 1916
- Holding institution
- Library of Congress

Actual artifact image; source credit: Library of Congress.
Image source record
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- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.loc.gov/item/2013646124/
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Adélie penguin colony on Graptolite Isle
Scottish expedition photograph.
- Historical record
Artist Cuthbertson beside the icebound Scotia
Scottish expedition photograph.
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Building a biscuit supply depot
Cataloged expedition photograph: Two expedition members unload wooden boxes containing Huntly and Palmer’s biscuits from a sledge, another is stacking boxes behind around a flagpole on a mound of gravel. A flag flies in the wind.
- Historical record
Captain Robertson taking a sextant observation
Scottish expedition photograph.
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