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At Sea: A Portrait of a Scottish Fishing Community
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A general view of a Fijian village, possibly Buréta, on the west side of Ovalau, Fiji (Photographic print)
A general view the town of Levuka, Ovalau, Fiji (Photographic print)
A man, woman and child outside a woven and thatched fale o'o (hut). (Photographic print)
Two Samoan men and a Samoan woman standing outside a wooden house. (Photographic print)
A group of pearl shell divers[?] in front of the flagpole on Goode Island [Palilag], Torres Straits (Photographic print)
A group of Fijian men sitting in a semi-circle at a formal feast, having given turtles as a tribute to King Seru Epenisa Cakobau [Thakambau]. (Photographic print)
A general view of mangrove trees, Torres Straits. (Photographic print)
A group of indigenous Torres Strait Islanders in their encampment, Torres Straits (Photographic print)
A formal group photograph of Australian Aboriginals beside a bark canoe on the beach at Port Darwin (Photographic print)
A view of the resident magistrate's house on Thursday Island [Waibene] (Photographic print)
Erebus and stranded berg. Made just when ship struck. (Photographic print)
Cloud effect over Barne Glacier (Cumulus). (Photographic print)
North Bay and Camp from the east. (Photographic print)
Huge ice bastions of the Castle Berg (Clissold). (Photographic print)
Weathered ice after blizzard at Cape Evans, and crevasse, looking towards Turks Head. (Photographic print)
Capt. Scott in his den. (Photographic print)
Capt. Scott. (Photographic print)
North Beach, Camp and Erebus from the west (Photographic print)
Mirage of Cape Barne and Glacier. (Photographic print)
Church Berg and seals. (Photographic print)
Midwinter Day dinner (Photographic print)
Hoisting cattle from the armoured cruiser HMS Cornwall (1902) at Hare Bay, Newfoundland (Photographic print)
A port stern quarter view of 'Alert' (1856) alongside the ice floe, with the crew cutting an ice dock in Dobbin Bay. (Photographic print)
A large tabular iceberg in the South Atlantic (Photographic print)
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