Expedition photographs
Scotia’s gangway while the ship was frozen in
Historical recordScottish expedition photograph.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Icebound Scotia gangway
- Artifact date
- 1903-04-28
- Holding institution
- University of Glasgow

Related expedition photograph—not the catalogued exposure. The Scotia in winter, in Scotia Bay. Same ship in its winter surroundings; a distant broadside view, not the gangway exposure Glasgow C 1/545.
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, Report on the scientific results of the voyage of S.Y. Scotia, vol. 2 (1907), Meteorological Observations, plate II. MBLWHOI Library / Internet Archive.
The catalogued Glasgow exposure is not reproduced; this is a related published photograph.
Image source record · Reuse terms
Image rights and evidence limits
Public-domain 1907 publication; MBLWHOI Library/Internet Archive scan metadata explicitly NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT. Independent Canon 5 D Boston scan, not Google. No source-specific noncommercial notice observed.
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.
- displayed image provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://archive.org/details/reportonscientif02scot
- image-specific reuse conditionshttps://archive.org/metadata/reportonscientif02scot
- documentary target record; may differ from displayed reproductionhttps://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/files/special/exhibns/month/apr2004.html
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/files/special/exhibns/month/apr2004.html
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