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.

item details

NameFrame 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.

ProductionSamuel Page; photographer; November 1907; Auckland Islands

Classificationgelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs

Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, paper

Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print

Techniquesblack-and-white photography, nature photography

Dimensions123, 190

Registration NumberO.007028

Overview

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.).