North Beach, Camp and Erebus from the west

A view from the glacier edge at Cape Evans looking towards the low-lying land at North Beach with the Cape Evans hut just slightly inland, and the active volcano Mount Erebus in the background.

Crates, fodder, ship's boats and other equipment is stored outside the hut stretching away from the beach.

Object Details

ID: ALB1217.27
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ponting, Herbert George
Date made: 7 March 1911
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Duff Collection
Measurements: Overall: 112 mm x 164 mm
Parts: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, covering the period 1910-11 (Photograph album)