MS Magga Dan in pack ice on the Weddell Sea
Date
1956
Creator
George Hemmen (1926, British) , Photographer
Object type
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Dimensions
width (negative (photographic film)): 35mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Maritime view showing the pack ice on the Weddell Sea. Taken from the MS Magga Dan looking over the deck of the ship.
The main party for the Royal Society International Geophysical Year Antarctic Expedition and the main party of the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic Expedition set sail for Antarctica on the MS Magga Dan from Butlers Wharf, London on the 15 November 1956. This photograph was taken in late December 1956 as the Magga Dan enters the Weddell Sea.
The main party for the Royal Society International Geophysical Year Antarctic Expedition and the main party of the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic Expedition set sail for Antarctica on the MS Magga Dan from Butlers Wharf, London on the 15 November 1956. This photograph was taken in late December 1956 as the Magga Dan enters the Weddell Sea.
Object history
From a set of photographic negatives taken by George Hemmen, former Expedition’s Officer for the Royal Society and who was originally appointed as Stores Officer by the Falkland Island Dependencies Survey (FIDS) to organise the International Geophysical Year Antarctic Expedition on behalf of the Royal Society.