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'Camp Ridley Spring 1900'

A general view of the snow-covered huts at Camp Ridley, Cape Adare, Antarctica, being the first ever built on the Antarctic continent for the private British Antarctic Expedition under Carsten Borchgrevink, 1898-1900. An unidentified man is standing by a stack of provision and equipment boxes a short distance from the hut.

Original print in the album captioned 'Camp Ridley Spring 1900'.
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Object Details

ID: ALB1396.2
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Colbeck, William
Date made: 1900
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 108 mm
Parts: C. E. Borchgrevink's private British Antarctic Expedition, 1898-1900 in SOUTHERN CROSS, and DISCOVERY (1901) Relief Expedition of either 1902-3 or 1903-4 under Captain Colbeck of the MORNING (1871). (Photograph album)