 Collectors' List No. 108 • 2004Ice & Snow: Antarctica and Mt Everest |
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101 First Ascent of Everest 101 A Weddell seal and her pup, McMurdo Sound area, 1958. Silver gelatin photograph; annotated, signed and dated verso; 25 x 20cm. $990 Annotated: McMurdo Sound area. A Weddell seal and her pup. After weighing about 25 kilos when born, the pup, in the 6 to 7 weeks before weaning, weighs in at about 100 kilograms. The mother loses about 150 kilos to 300 kilos. Ref: Ant G3/5, #745. |
$990 |
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102 First Ascent of Everest 102 Two Adelie penguins, Cape Royds, Ross Island, 1958. Silver gelatin photograph; annotated, signed and dated verso; 25 x 20cm. $990 Annotated: Cape Royds, Ross Island. Two Adelie penguins, in the rookery outside Ernest Shackleton’s 1907 expedition base, weave to and fro as if doing a rock and roll. Ref: Ant G3/6, #529. |
$990 |
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103 First Ascent of Everest 103 Just outside Ernest Shackleton’s 1907 expedition base, Cape Royds, Ross Island, 1958. Silver gelatin photograph; annotated, signed and dated verso; 25 x 20cm. $990 Annotated: Cape Royds, Ross Island. Just outside Ernest Shackleton's 1907 expedition base is this large rookery of Adelie penguins. Ref: Ant G3/7, #63. |
$990 |
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104 First Ascent of Everest 104 Emperor penguin . . ., Bay of Whales, 1958. Silver gelatin photograph; signed verso 25 x 20cm. ? $990 Annotated: Bay of Whales. The gesture of this Emperor penguin is suggestive of a traffic policeman at a street intersection. Ref: Ant G3/8, #635. |
$990 |
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105 [Shackleton's Hut Collection] Six silver gelatin photo- graphs; annotated, signed and dated verso: |
The Collection $7,700 (1-6) |
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105-1 Base at Cape Royd Ernest Shackleton’s 1907 base at Cape Royd’s Ross Island, 20 x 25cm. |
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105-2 Prefabricated Hut Ernest Shackleton’s prefabricated hut erected as a base for the 1907 expedition, 20 x 25cm. |
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105-3 Interior of Base Numerous packages and tins of provisions . . ., Interior of Ernest Shackleton’s 1907 base at Cape Royd’s, Ross Island, 20 x 25cm. |
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105-4 Interior of Base A tent hangs from the ceiling . . ., Interior of Ernest Shackleton’s 1907 base at Cape Royds, Ross Island, 25 x 20cm. |
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105-5 Portraits Portraits of Queen Alexandra and King Edward VII on the wall . . ., Ernest Shackleton's 1907 base at Cape Royds, Ross Island, 20 x 25cm. |
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105-6 Interior of Base Interior of Ernest Shackleton's 1907 base at Cape Royds, Ross Island, showing provisions and equipment, 25 x 20cm. |
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