Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935

Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935)
HAULING UP THE FISH TRAP, 28 MAY 1911. Blue-toned carbon print, laid down on canvas, image size 33.5 x 45.5cm, sheet size 35 x 47cm, titled "Hauling Up The Fish traop (Flash Light Photograph)", with Ponting's copyright credit stamp and Ponting's British Antarctic Expedition credit stamp verso.

A print of this image is held by the Royal Collection (ref.RCIN 2580024), which indentifies expedition members "Dr Edward Atkinson (1881-1929), and the cook, Thomas Clissold (d.1963), hauling up a fish trap that has been set below the ice, where fish are able to survive. As the trap was brought out of the water into the air, the fish would have instantly frozen to death."

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