Expedition photographs

Meares and Dimitri at the stove in Discovery Hut

Historical record

Cataloged expedition photograph: In the interior of the hut, Meares, smoking a pipe, and Dimitri Geroff sit on boxes at a brick stove on which sit three metal pans. Clothing hangs from a line suspended from the ceiling, boxes are stacked against the walls.

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Record details

Original title
Meares and Dimitri at the blubber stove in the “Discovery” Hut at Hut Point. November 3rd 1911
Artifact date
11.1911
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.

Meares and Dimitri at the blubber stove in the “Discovery” Hut at Hut Point. November 3rd 1911

Meares and Demetri at the blubber stove in the Discovery hut. 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.

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