Object: Frame of coracle used by shipwreck survivors to reach Relief Depot, Auckland Islands, where whaleboat was stored. From the album: [1907 Sub-Antarctic Expedition]; circa 1908; North, W.
Title / object name  Frame of coracle used by shipwreck survivors to reach Relief Depot, Auckland Islands, where whaleboat was stored. From the album: [1907 Sub-Antarctic Expedition]; circa 1908; North, W.
Maker  Role  Date  
Page, Samuel  photographer  November 1907  
Medium Summary  black and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Materials  silver, photographic gelatin, paper
Dimensions
123 (Height) x 190 (Length)
Classification  gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Technique  black-and-white photography, nature photography
Registration Number  O.007028
Is part of
1907 Sub-Antarctic Expedition


Three men standing by a wooden frame on sandy shore next to hill. Image was published in the Otago Witness with the following caption: "Landing place at Disappointment Island, and frame of boat in which the men went to the mainland of the Auckland Islands (Charles Eyre to the left and John Gratton to right of boat)" (18 December 1907, p.46.).

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November 1907
1907 Sub-Antarctic Expedition
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