Four dead blue whales alongside Sir James Clark Ross (1905)

A view down the starboard side of Sir James Clark Ross (1905), a whaling mother ship, looking at four dead blue whales secured alongside. All four whales have been pumped with compressed air to keep them afloat. In the back ground can be seen the rocky shore of possibly Victoria Land, Antarctica.

Object Details

ID: N83474
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Villiers, Alan John
Date made: 1923-1924
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Alan Villiers Collection