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.
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Object Details
ID: | N83474 |
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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 |