Expedition photographs

Building a biscuit supply depot

Historical record

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.

What this record establishes

Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.

Record details

Original title
Laying a depot. H. & P’s biscuits. Feb. 8th 1911.
Artifact date
8.2.1911
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.

Original material

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