Emperor penguin feeding a young chick nestling on its feet

Emperor penguin feeding a young chick nestling on its feet. Two expedition members are standing in the background facing the camera.

This photograph, taken during Skelton's journey to Cape Crozier, was one of "the world's first photograph[s] of an Emperor penguin chick [and it] had an enormous public impact upon being shown".

Object Details

ID: LS53
Type: Lantern slide
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Skelton, Reginald William
Date made: 18 October 1902
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 82 mm