Notes and sketches made during two years on the "Discovery" Expedition 1925 - 1927

Booklet, by Eustace Rolfe Gunther (junior zoologist onboard the Discovery Oceanographic Expedition 1925-1927) entitled "Notes and sketches made during two years on the "Discovery" Expedition 1925 - 1927". List of images as follows:

1. Sketch, black and white, of the R.R.S Discovery underneath which is typed a quote from the poem ‘The English Flag’ by Rudyard Kipling.

2. Sketch, black and white and annotated, showing the ‘Crossing the Line’ this is a naval initiation rite commemorating a sailor’s first crossing of the Equator. Those who have already done this are known as ‘Sons of Neptune’ as illustrated on the right hand of the sketch.

3. Sketch, black and white, of an island surrounded by stormy waves, entitled ‘Tristan Da Cunha’.

4. Sketch, black and white, showing a dwelling on Tristan Da Cunha entitled ‘A Tristan House’.

5. Sketch, black and white, of an iceberg looking out from the stern of the Discovery, entitled ‘Barrier Iceberg’.

6. Sketch, black and white, of the Discovery with half a submerged whale in the foreground, entitled: ‘At Anchor- King Edward’s Cove: Cape Pigeons, Gulls, The ‘Point’, Blue Whale, Whale Catcher’.

7. Sketch, black and white of Elephant Seals (also known as Sea Elephants), ‘Elephant seals among Yussock grass, South Georgia’.

8. Certificate received by Gunther by the ‘Neptune King’ for completing the ‘Cross the Line’ initiation.

9. Photograph, black and white, entitled ‘Ascension Island from Green Mountain’ by Mr. V. C. Corkrey.

10. Photograph, black and white, also entitled ‘Ascension Island from Green Mountain’ by Mr. V.C. Corkey.

11. Photograph, black and white, featuring a full row boat entitled ‘The Settlement, Tristan’.

12. Photograph, black and white, showing the Discovery titled in a storm entitled ‘Heavy Weather’.

13. Photograph, black and white, of an iceberg captioned ‘Castle Berg from Crow’s Nest’.

14. Photograph, black and white, of an iceberg captioned ‘Cathedral Iceberg’.

15. Photograph, black and white, of an Antarctic scene entitled ‘Interior of South Georgia’.

16. Photograph, black and white, of mountain range captioned ‘Mount Pagnet’.

17. Photograph, black and white, of Grytviken in South Georgia.

18. Photograph, black and white, of a whale next to Discovery captioned ‘Inflated whales towed into Gryviken’.

19. Photograph, black and white, of a bird sitting captioned ‘Wandering Albatross (Diomedea Exulans), Undina Bay, South Georgia’.

20. Photograph, black and white, of a bird standing captioned ‘Wandering Albatross (Diomedea Exculans), Undina Bay, South Georgia’.

21. Photograph, black and white, of an Antarctic scene captioned ‘An Autumn Evening, South Georgia’.

22. Photograph, black and white, featuring two crew members on the deck with a mountainous range behind them, captioned ‘A Glacier, Cumberland Bay’.

23. Photograph, black and white, of a landscape captioned ‘Falkland Island Country’.

24. Photograph, black and white, captioned ‘Tussock of the Falklands’.

25. Photograph, black and white, of township captioned ‘Port Howard, Falkland Islands’.

26. Photograph, black and white, of a collection of rocks captioned ‘Stone River, Falkland Islands’.

27. Photograph, black and white, of vessel ‘Great Brittain’ at Stanley, Falkland Islands.

28. Photograph, black and white, of a flying bird captioned ‘Wandering Albatross’.

29. Photograph, black and white, of a landscape near Tulbach.

30. Photograph, black and white, of La Plaisante in the Western Cape, South Africa.

31. Photograph, black and white, of the Nursery Buttress, Table Mountain.

32. Photograph, black and white, of the view on top of Table Mountain.

33. Photograph, black and white, of Ladismith a province in the Western Cape, South Africa.

34. Photograph, black and white, of landscape in Veld near Swellendam, South Africa.

35. Photograph, black and white, of the Discovery tilted with heavy weather, captioned ‘rolling’.

36. Photograph, black and white, of the Discovery making its way through pack ice, captioned ‘The Wake’.

37. Photograph, black and white, of Discovery’s bow splitting the ice.

38. Photograph, black and white, of African penguins, captioned ‘Off for a bathe, Dassen’ (South African island in the Atlantic Ocean).

39. Photograph, black and white, looking out towards the ice from the deck of the ship, captioned ‘On the after Grating’.

40. Photograph, black and white, of pack ice.

41. Photograph, black and white, of pack ice taken from the top of the Discovery looking down on the deck.

42. Photograph, black and white, of the R.S.S ‘William Scoresby’, one of the vessels used in the ‘Discovery Investigations’ looking into the biology of whales.

43. Photograph, black and white, of two crewmembers on deck, captioned ‘loading gun’.

44. Photograph, black and white, of an unidentified crewmember on deck holding a harpoon captioned ‘standing by’.

45. Photograph, black and white, of blubber on deck.

46. Photograph, black and white, of whaling activities captioned ‘Flensing Plan’ and taken by A.N. Porteous (second engineer).

47. Photograph, black and white, of a vessel with a whale swimming along side.

48. Photograph, black and white, of a whale on the deck captioned ‘Drawn up for flensing’.

49. Photograph, black and white, of a bird on the rocks captioned ‘Mollymawk’.

50. Photograph, black and white, of fishing captioned ‘Good catch with the trawl’.

51. Sketch, black and white of sections of whales within the water, entitled ‘Reminiscences’, signed by Gunther.

52. Sketch, black and white, of different stages of whale hunting, signed by Gunther.

53. Map entitled ‘Log of an O.D. aboard the RRS Discovery.

54. Map of the Falkland Islands.

55. Sketch, black and white, signed by Gunther of a ship captioned ‘Impression of a station in progress’.

56. Sketch, black and white, of men fishing off the deck of the ship entitled ‘Vertical net just fished from 50 meters- surface about to be washed down’.

57. Sketch, black and white, of the side of the ship entitled ‘Releasing the Messenger’.

58. Sketch, black and white, of icebergs signed by Gunther.

59. Sketch, black and white, of a colony of penguins captioned ‘The pack and ringed penguins’.

60. Map entitled ‘Log of an O.D. aboard the RRS Discovery’.

61. Sketch, black and white, signed by Gunther of men working upon the Mainsail captioned ‘Fuzling the mainsail’.

62. Map showing the different routes of the Discovery and the William Socresby.

63. Painting, black and white, entitled ‘Pendulum Station at Port Cook, Staten Island’.

64. Map of Staten Island.

65. Photograph, black and white, showing the officers of the Expedition: (1st row seated on the floor left to right): Cadets J. Bentley, W.P. O’Connor and F. Pease. (2nd row): A. Irving (Chief Officer, Scoresby), W.A. Horton (Chief Engineer, Discovery), G.M. Mercer (Captain of Scoresby), Stanley Kemp (Director of Research and leader of the expedition), J.R. Stenhouse (Captain of Discovery), A.C. Hardy (zoologist), J.M. Chaplin (Chief Officer, Discovery),N.A. Mackintosh (zoologist), J.W. Riley (Chief Engineer, Scoresby). (3rd row): F.C. Fraser (zoologist), M.C. Lester (Second Officer, Scoresby), H.F.P. Herdman (hydrologist), G. Brabender (second engineer, Scoresby), A.N. Porteus (second engineer, Scoresby),C. Sanderson (third officer, Discovery), D.D. John (Zoologist), T.W. Goodchild (second officer, Discovery),E.R. Gunther (zoologist), unidentified. (4th row) J.E. Hamilton (zoologist), J.F.G. Wheeler (zoologist), L.H. Matthews (zoologist), A.J. Clowes (hydrologist).

66. Photograph, black and white (x 2), of the R.S.S. Scoresby at Grytviken in May, taken by M.C. Lester (second officer on the Scoresby).

67. Photograph, black and white, of the memorial to Cecil Rhodes (South African businessman) on Table Mountain.

68. Photograph, black and white, side view of the Discovery showing lifeboats captioned ‘Off Cape of Good Hope’, South Africa.

69. Photograph, black and white, of Gough Island, volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean.

70. Photograph, black and white, captioned ‘Shooting Party at Elephant Bay’, taken by Mr F.C. Fraser (zoologist).

71. Photograph, black and white, of two men in a small boat captioned ‘Dug out Canoe Kwanza River’.

72. Photograph, black and white (x 2), of scenes from Annobon captioned ‘Roman Catholic Mission’ and ‘Toddy Carriers’.

73. Photograph, black and white (x 4), of scenes from Annobon captioned ‘Sugar Growing St. Antonio’, ‘Natives of Annobon’ and ‘Mulattos-Cape Verde Isles’.

74. Sketch, black and white, signed by Gunther captioned ‘Rencontre of William Scoresby and Discovery’.

75. Map of South Georgia detailing a plankton survey, dated Dec 1926.

76. Sketch, black and white, of a stormy scene captioned ‘The Shag Rocks’.

77. Sketch, black and white, of map of the Falkland Isles.

78. Map, captioned ‘Track chart of RRS Discovery and RRS William Scoresby.

79. Sketch, black and white, signed by Gunther of the Gough Island.

80. Sketch, black and white, signed by Gunther of people working on a beach captioned ‘Watering at Gough I’.

81. Sketch, black and white, of a group of islands captioned ‘Cape Peninsula- bearing ESE’.

82. Map, black and white, of Cape Peninsula.

83. Sketch, black and white, of Rhodes memorial in South Africa.

84. Sketch, black and white, signed by Gunther of two men in a boat captioned ‘Dug-out Canoe- Loanda’.

85. Sketch, black and white, signed by Gunther of men working on the mainsail captioned ‘Aloft’.

86. Map of the Cape Verde Islands.

87. Sketch, black and white, signed by Giunther of the deck of the Discovery, captioned ‘The After Grating’.