Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Black & white photograph of a page from a book showing "Cape Royds, looking North". View of someone standing on a rocky outcrop looking out over a flat icescape. Reverse of photograph annotated "Behind which was Shackleton's hut" and "Scott's last journey". Undated.

S.Y. TERRA NOVA. Auxiliary barque of 764 tons, was built by Messrs Alexander Stephens and Sons, Dundee in 1884 for the whaling trade. Although nearly thirty years old at the time of Captain Scott's expedition, she was chosen for it because of her suitability for work in the Antarctic ice. Her beams were fourteen ins thick, her bows were nine feet of solid wood, and her stem was sheathed with iron plating.