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Crew members taking ice onboard the deck of Discovery DUNIH 2017.2.13

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Crew members taking ice onboard the deck of Discovery

Photograph, black and white showing crew members taking ice on board the deck of Discovery ready to be melted. Annotated with 'number 37' 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 'Taking the ice on board to be melted in the special tanks through which steam pipes pass'. Part of a collection of photographs and archives relating to Alister Hardy 1896-1985, zoologist on the Discovery Oceanographic Expedition 1925-1927.

Number: DUNIH 2017.2.13
Name: Crew members taking ice onboard the deck of Discovery
Date: 1925-1927
Maker: Hardy, A. C.
Location: In Store