Men digging out thermometer screens after an Antarctic blizzard
Date
1902-1903
Creator
Charles William Rawson Royds (1876 - 1931, British)
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Technique
Dimensions
width (print): 107mm
height (print): 83mm
width (paper support): 207mm
height (paper support): 331mm
height (print): 83mm
width (paper support): 207mm
height (paper support): 331mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape view of Antarctica showing two men digging out the thermometer screens after the blizzard to remove snow surrounding the working parts of the instrument.
Unused photograph from Notes on the Meteorological Instruments and their Exposure by Lieutenant C Royds, R.N., National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904, Meteorology, Part I, Observations at Winter Quarters and on Sledge Journeys with discussions by various authors (The Royal Society, 1908).
Paper support inscribed: ‘screen being dug out after a blizzard’.
Photograph inscribed: ‘Sh 126 days [?]’ (verso)
Unused photograph from Notes on the Meteorological Instruments and their Exposure by Lieutenant C Royds, R.N., National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904, Meteorology, Part I, Observations at Winter Quarters and on Sledge Journeys with discussions by various authors (The Royal Society, 1908).
Paper support inscribed: ‘screen being dug out after a blizzard’.
Photograph inscribed: ‘Sh 126 days [?]’ (verso)
Object history
Charles William Rawson Royds (1876-1931) Royal Navy officer was first lieutenant and one unofficial photographer on the British National Antarctic Expedition, generally known as the Discovery Expedition, led by Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912). Others included Reginald Skelton (1872-1956) British Engineer.
The Discovery Expedition was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier. It was organized on a large scale under a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society, and yielded observations on biology, zoology, geology, meteorology and magnetism”.
The Discovery Expedition was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier. It was organized on a large scale under a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society, and yielded observations on biology, zoology, geology, meteorology and magnetism”.