Photographs of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, with associated papers / compiled by Frank Debenham

MLMSS 10037

fonds

1910-1913

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Textual Records

1001691

0.03 metres of textual and graphic material (1 folder)

Frank Debenham (1883-1965) was born in Bowral, New South Wales, and studied geology under Sir Edgeworth David at the University of Sydney. In 1910, Captain Robert Falcon Scott selected Debenham and fellow Australian T. Griffith Taylor as additional geologists on the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1913, which sailed to Antarctica in the ‘Terra Nova’. Debenham made two scientific journeys in the first and second summers to the mountains west of the expedition base at Cape Evans but did not take part in the ill-fated attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole, which claimed the lives of Scott and his four companions on the return journey. Herbert G. Ponting was the official photographer for the expedition but after his departure in February 1912, Debenham took over his role.
Reference: Library correspondence file

The material belonged to Muriel Crozier-Durham, a friend of Frank Debenham, who received the material from him. Crozier-Durham was a friend of the donor’s family.

39 photographic prints of various sizes taken on the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913. Some annotated on reverse. Taken by expedition photographers, Herbert Ponting and Frank Debenham.
Typewritten poem on five pages, ‘The Southern Pole: a fragment’, with a handwritten notation attributing authorship to Frank Debenham.
Four New Zealand 'Penny Dominion' stamps overprinted with 'VICTORIA LAND.'
Printed booklet, 'Antarctica' by C. Reginald Ford, New Zealand booklet series ; no. 7., Christchurch, N.Z. : Whitcombe & Tombs, [1905?]

Out of copyright: Created before 1955 - applies to photographs
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