White continent
White continent
About this item
Full title
Date
1949-1952
Call Numbers
PXE 731/1866-1875
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Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 17 x 22 cm. or smaller - 10 silver gelatin photoprints
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Images of the "Norsel" and the Norwegian-British-Swedish Expedition to Queen Maud Land in the Antarctic, 1949-1952
1866. Captain John Giaver, leader of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Expedition. "Norsel" held in pack ice [in background]
1867. With some of the huskies, needed to draw the 'weasels' over frozen wastes, transported from the Expedi...
Alternative Titles
Full title
White continent
Notes
General note
9 images missing from original set (Accompanying envelope)
Cardboard typed caption affixed to photo (1866)
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled from accompanying envelope
"N.S.W. Education Department Visual Education Centre Library" -- stamped on reverse
"Department of External Affairs Antarctic Division ANARE photo" -- stamped on reverse of most images
"This C.O.I. film is a Crown Film Unit production, for the Foreign Office and was made in co-operation with the British Ro...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 731/1866-1875
Record Identifier
n88EBQLn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88EBQLn
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Reference code
412528
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