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Capture of Fin Whale
Photograph, black and white showing Fin Whale in the water. Annotated with 'number 14' on back - this possibly is a reference to the images selected to be used for Alister Hardy's book on the expedition 'Great Waters'. Annotation from 'Great Waters' for this photograph reads 'the final death flurry of a Fin Whale, it lashes the sea with its flippers and the water is crimson with blood'. Part of a collection of photographs and archives relating to Alister Hardy 1896-1985, zoologist on the Discovery Oceanographic Expedition 1925-1927.
| Number: | DUNIH 2017.2.9 |
| Name: | Capture of Fin Whale |
| Date: | 1925-1927 |
| Maker: | Hardy, A. C. |
| Location: | In Store |
