Item MM 114726 Lantern Slide - Discovery II Keeping Clear of Polar Ice floes, Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica, 1935-1936

Summary

Lantern slide of the ship Discovery II in Antarctica.

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

Description of Content

RRS Discovery II in polar ice in the Ross Sea. View looking aft, with the two figures on the platform trying to push the ship stern clear of the ice floes with a long pole. 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.