Item MM 117648 Lantern Slide - Discovery II En Route to the Bay of Whales, Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica, Jan 1936

Summary

Lantern slide of the Discovery II, Antarctica.

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

Description of Content

Discovery II in heavy pack ice. Eric Douglas said 'Research Ship Discovery II in heavy pack ice en route to the Bay of Whales to search for the American Explorer Mr Lincoln Ellsworth and Mr Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, January, 1936'. 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.