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Pickard, Brian : Southern Cross Expedition - P2015-002

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Reference NumberP2015-002Date1899-1900CreatorUnknownDescriptionFive photographs relating to the Southern Cross Expedition to the Antarctic led by Carsten Borchigrevink in 1898-1900. Four of the five were published in the Otago Witness, 5 July 1900, p.25.History / BiographyThe ten men on the British-financed Southern Cross Expedition became the first team to spend the winter on the Antarctic mainland in 1899 and mapped the Cape Adare region.PublisherPassed on to the donor from his father who was a process engraver with The Evening Star and a keen photographer. The donor's grandfather was Sydney Taylor, a Government Photographer and photographer for the Otago Witness.MediaGelatin silver prints

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Snowed down just before the Antarctic winter

Seals on the ice

Tent in snow

Cape Adare, March 1899

C. Borchgrevink with the whole of his expedition in the ice pack

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Pickard, Brian : Southern Cross Expedition - P2015-002

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