A large tabular iceberg in the South Atlantic

An image showing 'ALB0175.26; Ice bergs from Challenger, February 1874'

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A large tabular iceberg in the South Atlantic

An oval-cut photograph of a tabular iceberg in the South Atlantic taken from the exploration ship HMS Challenger (1858).

HMS Challenger left Cape of Good Hope on 17 December 1873 for passage to Melbourne, arriving on 17 March 1874. During this time the ship visited Kerguelen Island and explored the South Atlantic. According to William J. J. Spry's account they encountered their first iceberg on 11 February and their last on 4 March 1874 (pp.134-145).

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Object Details

ID:	ALB0175.26
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Hodgeson, Frederick
Date made:	11 February - 4 March 1874; 11 February 1874 February 1874
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 88 mm x 121 mm
Parts:	Scientific discovery expedition of HMS Challenger (1858) 1872-76, album of Assistant Paymaster John Hynes (Photograph album) A large tabular iceberg in the South Atlantic (Photographic print) (ALB0175.26) A profile portrait photograph of King George of Tonga (Photographic print) (ALB0175.42) A portait photograph of Queen Charlotte of Tonga (Photographic print) (ALB0175.44) A portait photograph of an unknown Tongan man on board HMS Challenger (1858) (Photographic print) (ALB0175.45) A general view along a palm-fringed beach, Tongatabu (Photographic print) (ALB0175.46) A group photograph of four Tongan men and one woman on board HMS Challenger (1858) (Photographic print) (ALB0175.47) A portrait of a Fijian man in metal cuffs (Photographic print) (ALB0175.56) A Malay trader with his son Arron (Photographic print) (ALB0175.57) A general view of the settlement at Levuka, Fiji. (Photographic print) (ALB0175.58) A half-length photograph of a Kai Colo warrior, Fiji (Photographic print) (ALB0175.59) A seated Fijian woman in a short liku skirt. (Photographic print) (ALB0175.60) A group of Fijians on board HMS Challenger (1858) (Photographic print) (ALB0175.61) A broadside view of a Fijian double canoe under sail. (Photographic print) (ALB0175.65) The Pink Terrace, Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand (Photographic print) (ALB0175.84) A bread fruit tree in the middle of a village, Ki Doulan. (Photographic print) (ALB0175.87) Indigenous houses built on stilts over the water at Zamboanga, Mindanao (Photographic print) (ALB0175.98)