Item MM 117627 Lantern Slide - Discovery II Search Party at 'Little America', Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica, 1935-1936

Summary

Lantern slide of the Discovery II rescue party at Little America, Antarctica.

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

Description of Content

Five members of the Discovery II search party at 'Little America' which is defined by the masts and poles. Access to the radio and accommodation hut was through a hole in the ice near the figure on the left. 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.