Mt. Erebus in eruption. Smoke cloud coming from the crater. 12 inch lens used. Mountain top 15 miles away, 13,300 feet high

Mt. Erebus in eruption. Smoke cloud coming from the crater. 12 inch lens used. Mountain top 15 miles away, 13,300 feet high

Negative

Herbert G. Ponting

Maker
English, 1870–1935

Mt. Erebus in eruption. Smoke cloud coming from the crater. 12 inch lens used. Mountain top 15 miles away, 13,300 feet high

From Robert Falcon Scott to Antarctica 1910-1912


1910–1912
Gelatin silver negative
Image (each frame): 11/16 × 15/16 in. (1.8 × 2.4 cm)
Overall (strip): 5 3/16 × 1 5/16 in. (13.1 × 3.4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company
2011.0264.0020
Inscriptions Typed in blue on original envelope, C: Mt. Erebus in eruption. Smoke cloud \ coming from the crater. 12" lens used \ Mountain top 15 miles away, 13,300 feet high
Inscribed in pencil on original envelope, TRC: 20

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