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TERRA NOVA, Antarctic Expedition, photograph
Photographic postcard showing "Sleeping Bag used at Antartic (sic)" with someone demonstrating the thick hide sleeping bags used on the Expedition. Unused and 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.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
89.196I/9
Creation/Production
unknown
Date: 1913 (circa)
Acquisition
Collected officially, 11/1989
Measurements
Length
(mm): 140
Width
(mm): 88
Techniques
sepia (monochrome photograph)
photograph
Material
card
Location
In store
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