Expedition photographs
Rennick and Drake approaching Adélie penguins
Historical recordCataloged expedition photograph: Rennick and Drake walk towards a group of five Adelie penguins who stand on a patch of snow on a beach. Hut in background.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Rennick and Drake making friendly advances to Adelie penguins. Feb. 9th 1911.
- Artifact date
- 9.2.1911
- 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.
Fun with the penguins. Public-domain 1922 book reproduction. Book reproduction is cropped closer around Rennick, Drake and five penguins than the full catalog exposure.
Herbert G. Ponting, The Great White South, 1922 New York edition; Wellesley College Library scan via Internet Archive.
Image source record · Reuse terms
Image rights and evidence limits
Public-domain 1922 book reproduction. LOC edition record confirms the work is public domain/free reuse; actual scan supplied by Wellesley College Library via Internet Archive, not LOC or SPRI.
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/greatwhitesouthb00pont
- image reuse conditionshttps://www.loc.gov/item/23026514/
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.freezeframe.ac.uk/collection/photos-british-antarctic-expedition-1910-13-ponting-collection/p2005-5-232
Connected records
These are contextual links, not automatic corroboration.
- The Longest Penguin Migration on Earth | BBC Earth
Related creator video. Compare historical documentation of Adélie penguins with modern ecological footage; no shared colony or individual animal is implied.
- [LIVE] All Things Penguins from Antarctica
Related creator video. Compare historical documentation of Adélie penguins with modern ecological footage; no shared colony or individual animal is implied.
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