DISCOVERY
Date1920s
Object number00029377
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
DimensionsOverall: 121 x 165 mm, 1 mm, 0.1 kg
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from the Estate of Peter Britz
DescriptionImage of DISCOVERY, originally built for Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expedition in 1901 to make an attempt on the South Pole.
In 1937, The Scout Association accepted DISCOVERY as a training ship and hostel for Sea Scouts but also as a memorial to the Antarctic explorers such as Scott and Shackleton. The ship was moored alongside the Victoria Embankment in London.
September 1904
2 November 1902
1901-1904
31 December 1902
September 1902
22 November 1901
1901-1917