Summary

Lantern slide of an icberg with two peaks, one at either end of its base.

One of 328 images in various formats including artworks, photographs, glass negatives and lantern slides.

Description of Content

Icebergs. It is hard to tell whether this is one oddly shaped iceberg or a few bergy bits travelling along together. Eric Douglas said 'Here and there are ice bergs looking like old castles and ramparts'. Photograph taken during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), Voyage 2.

Physical Description

Standard format lantern slide, consisting of two glass sheets each 3.25 x 3.25 ins (83 x 83mm), one pane bearing a positive transparent image and the other pane protecting the image. Sealed with paper binding strips around the four edges of the lantern slide and internally framed with a black cut-out window mask.

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