Item MM 117575 Lantern Slide - 'A Typical Berg' BANZARE Voyage 2, Antarctica, 1930-1931

Summary

Lantern slide of an iceberg, Antarctica.

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

Description of Content

Typical tabular iceberg with the sun reflected on its surface. Eric Douglas said 'A Typical Berg - 200 ft above sea level and 1000 ft below - it is heavily crevassed'. 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.