Item MM 117635 Lantern Slide - Two Explorers on the Ross Ice Barrier, Bay Of Whales, Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica, 1935-1936

Summary

Lantern slide of two explorers on the Ross Ice Barrier, Antarctica.

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

Description of Content

Two explorers on the Ross Ice Barrier looking out towards the Discovery II at the Bay of Whales, Ross Sea. 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.