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GH Wilkins photographic collection
PRG 675 GH Wilkins photographic collection
1929 expedition to Graham Land, sponsored by British Colonial Office
1. Lockheed Vega monoplane being unloaded from the British research vessel William Scoresby
2. Car (tractor?) being unloaded from William Scoresby
3. Car (tractor) on ice alongside the Lockheed Vega
4. Lockheed Vega with pontoons fitted due to ice free conditions
5. Preparing fro take-off
6. Preparing for take-off
7. Taking-off. William Scoresby in the foreground
8. Lockheed Vega with wheels back on
9. Ditto
10. “2/3rds of icebergs are below water, only 1.rd is visible above water”
11. Icebergs—eroded forms
12. Icebergs—eroded forms
13. Icebergs—eroded forms
14. “Known to explorer‟s as the Piano Iceberg‟
15. Icebergs—eroded forms
16. William Scoresby moving through loose pack ice
17. Pack ice
18. Flying over the pack ice, with iceberg
19. Pack ice and iceberg or coast??
20. Melting pack ice
21. William Scoresby and loose pack ice
22. Coastal mountains of British Graham Land
23. Lockheed Vega aboard the William Scoresby : coastal mountains astern
24. William Scoresby foreground against the coast of British Graham Land
25. “Seal killed for Christmas dinner”
26. “Seal killed for Christmas dinner”
27. Photo missing: shown as unidentified
28. “South Africa”: two men mounted on horses, one afoot. Ship (William Scoresby ?) at wharf in background
29. “The Penguin rookery” with photographer
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30. “During leave in South Africa”
31. Lockheed Vega on pontoons on open water with men in rowing boat and snow clad mountains behind
32. “During leave in South Africa”: two cars partially covered with tarpaulins on dock being inspected by
unidentified man
33. “During leave in South Africa”: cascade of water, two men at top of cliff
34. Seabirds with mountains and house on promontory in background.
35. “Sir Hubert Wilkins”
36. “William Scoresby in dry dock for repairs”
37. Growler iceberg drifting in open water past tussock grass covered land in foreground
38. “Enjoying leave in South Africa”: two men on horseback in front of building
39. “Enjoying leave in South Africa”: man on bucking horse
40. “Christmas Day seal” in the tussock grass
41. Two men in the snow
42. “Skipper in Simonston (sic), South Africa”
42. Note there are two photos with this number: “Bi-plane (sic) and raft from Scoresby”: note that the
numbering now follows on from here
43. Iceberg
44. Group of seven men, several wearing sweaters with „Port Dept.‟ Possibly South Africa where William
Scoresby was dry-docked
45. “William Scoresby en route to South Africa”
46. Two men in snow, one swinging a long handled ice-pick(?)
47. “William Scoresby sheltering beneath iceberg” [behind?]
48. “South Africans”
49. “Hacking ice for use in galley, for water” [see also 46 above]
50. “Long view of same iceberg” (as in photo 47)
51. “William Scoresby nearing Simonston SA for dry dock and repair”
52. “Seal for Christmas dinner”
53. “A penguin rookery”
54. “A penguin rookery” with man holding penguin
55. “Bi-plane (sic) out on service run”: on pontoons alongside the Scoresby
56. Possibly Simonstown, South Africa where William Scoresby was repaired
57. Sailor aboard ship with husky
58. Open water and mountains
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59. Car with driver in front of buildings with snow piled in front
60. Lockheed Vega in the water alongside the William Scoresby
61. Lockheed Vega on shore
62. Large tabular iceberg
63. Loose pack and coastal mountains from the air (photo of poor quality)
64. Elephant seal and two men in tussock grass
65. View of William Scoresby
66. View of William Scoresby (same?)
67. View from William Scoresby of coast
68. “The biplane (sic) being hoisted aboard after a survey run. Penguin in the foreground”
69. “The William Scoresby amidst hard packed ice—a great danger—the ice must be kept broken around her
for fear of the ship being crushed and broken”
70. “Ploughing through breaking ice. The Research Ship William Scoresby of Sir Hubert Wilkins‟ Expedition
photographed from the air off the biplane (sic) which she carried on board, together with a tractor, and three life
boats”
71. RS William Scoresby
72. Elephant seals with pups
73. Whale carcass, South Georgia (?)
74. Grave of Sir Ernest Shackleton, South Georgia
75. Unidentified woman with dog in city street
76. Whale carcass, South Georgia (?)
77. Whale carcass, South Georgia (?)
78. Two men sitting together on couch (whalers South Georgia?)
79. View of Grytviken, whaling station, South Georgia (?)
80. Lockheed Vega monoplane taking off from open water
81. Large iceberg, near the coast
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