A view of the dead blue whales alongside Sir James Clark Ross (1905)

A view from the starboard side of Sir James Clark Ross (1905), a whale mothership, with four dead blue whales alongside. In the background can be seen the snow covered rocky coast of possibly Victoria Land. One of the whale catchers (named Star I to V) is off the ice shelf below the cliffs.

Object Details

ID: N83454
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
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