Graham Land (general region)
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Adelaide Island on left, Grahamland [Graham Land] on right, 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm. A view of 'R.R.S. Shackleton' proceeding northwards between Adelaide Island and the mainland. The caption on the reverse of the print continues, in red ink: 'The first time this channel was navigated. Charcot reported it as impossible'.
Approaching Port Lockroy, 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm. A view from 'R.R.S. Shackleton'.
[Argentine Islands and Lemaire Channel], 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm.
Base Y. Horseshoe Island Marguerite Bay, 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm. A view of the shore from a ship, possibly 'R.R.S. John Biscoe'. The caption on the reverse of the print continues: 'The glacier we skied up is on the skyline almost in the centre'. This base had been established in 1955. On 13 March Arthur continued his voyage in 'R.R.S. Shackleton', which had joined the FIDS that season. FIDS is an acronym of the 'Falkland Islands Dependency Survey', which was the name of the British Antarctic Survey in its earlier days.
Bill Johnston, 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm. Showing two men with water in the background. Johnston was captain of 'R.R.S. Shackleton' 1955-56, and retired from FIDS in 1964. FIDS is an acronym of the 'Falkland Islands Dependency Survey', which was the name of the British Antarctic Survey in its earlier days.
'British Crown Land' is the sign over this almost buried nissen hut amid the desolate acres at Hope bay in Graham Land, 1948
Danco Coast, 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm. A view from 'R.R.S. Shackleton'.
Danco Coast. View above new base 'O', 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm. A view across a bay with an island in the centre. Base O was established on a small island off Rouge Island, but was not successful owing to lack of access inland.
[Iceberg with land in the background], 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm.
'Luke' the dentist, 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm. The caption on the reverse of the print continues: Mosquito Bay behind. En route for Alexander Land'. Shackleton sailed south to Alexander Land from Marguerite Bay, but heavy accumulation of ice prevented her from getting nearer that ten miles from the shore.
RRS John Briscoe, 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm. A view of the ship 'R.R.S. John Briscoe'. Arthur visited South Georgia in H.M.S. Protector, and transferred to John Briscoe, then on her last voyage for the FIDS, at Hope Bay on 10 March, 1956. FIDS is an acronym of the 'Falkland Islands Dependency Survey', which was the name of the British Antarctic Survey in its earlier days.
Shackleton at Argentine Islands, Base F, 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm. The caption on the reverse of the print continues, in a different colour ink, and in a different hand: 'RRS Shackleton G. land'
Shackleton at base Y, 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm. A view of 'R.R.S. Shackleton' at base Y, Horseshoe Island, Marguerite Bay.
Tabular iceberg, 1954-11 - 1957-01
140 x 90 mm. The caption on the reverse of the print written in red ink continues: 'An old one, witness the caves and filigree work washed out by summer seas'.
The survey post at Hope Bay after the fire, consisted of tents partly buried in the snow, which made relatively cosy living quarters, 1948
[Transporting supplies by sledge, Hope Bay], 1954-11
165 x 120 mm. The caption on the reverse reads: 'The only one in a shirt is O. R. A. Pushing is Major Anderson. Shirtless and pushing Dr Massey'. William Ellery Anderson, M. C. , M. B. E. had served in Korea before taking charge of Hope Bay, 1954-56. Dr Paul M. O. Massey was M. O. and 2nd in command. '..., a number of us, including the Governor, moved the crates and boxes from the icefoot to the hut.' (Anderson, 1957, p. 39)