Item MM 117621 Lantern Slide - Colony of Penguins, Cape Crozier, Ross Island, Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica, 1935-1936

Summary

Lantern slide of a colony of penguins on Ross Island near Mount Terror, Antarctica.

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

Description of Content

Colony of Penguins at Cape Crozier, Ross Island. Vicinity of volcanic mountains Mt Terror and Mt Erebus. Photograph taken during the Ellsworth Relief Expedition, 1935-1936.

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.