Mirage of Cape Barne and Glacier.

A photograph looking north west from Cape Evans towards the foot of the Barne Glacier, seen on the right. A mirage of Cape Barne, normally obsucred by the glacier, can be seen shimmering in the distance. The sea has patches of thin layers of ice covering it.

Object Details

ID: ALB1217.31
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ponting, Herbert George
Date made: 16 March 1911
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Duff Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 163 mm
Parts: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, covering the period 1910-11 (Photograph album)