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Kuwaiti sailors (35mm roll film)
The battleship Vanguard (1944) under tow in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire, bound out for demolition. (Colour transparency)
Two men working on a dead whale alongside Sir James Clark Ross (1905) (Sheet film negative)
A number of dead whales alongside Sir James Clark Ross (1905), and one of Star-named whale catchers. (Sheet film negative)
A group of crew relaxing on the foredeck of Parma (1902). (Roll film negative)
A view of the dead blue whales alongside Sir James Clark Ross (1905) (Sheet film negative)
Four dead blue whales alongside Sir James Clark Ross (1905) (Sheet film negative)
Discovery Inlet ice plateau, Ross Sea (Sheet film negative)
A heavy sea crossing the deck of the Parma (1902) (Roll film negative)
The track through the ice pack, Antarctic Ocean. (Sheet film negative)
Elisabeth Jacobsen onboard Parma (1902) (Roll film negative)
A view of three dead inflated whales alongside Sir James Clark Ross (1905) (Sheet film negative)
An iceberg on the Antarctic Ocean (Sheet film negative)
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