Lot 93
93
The first and second Antarctic Relief Expeditions, 1902-1904
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The first and second Antarctic Relief Expeditions, 1902-1904

Captain William Colbeck's Scrap Album including approximately 39 photographs, the majority vintage prints, relating to the expedition, along with numerous loosely inserted letters relating to the collection

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The first and second Antarctic Relief Expeditions, 1902-1904
Captain William Colbeck's Scrap Album including approximately 39 photographs, the majority vintage prints, relating to the expedition, along with numerous loosely inserted letters relating to the collection
the majority of prints annotated by Colbeck on the reverse, one portrait of Colbeck on deck signed by the sitter
the album 12 x 10in. (30.4 x 25.4cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Taviner's Auction Rooms, Bristol, 15 Oct. 1981, lot 92.
Literature
Friends of the Maritime Trust Newsletter, Number 10, Spring 1986, pp.11-15.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

Colbeck was captain of the Morning during Scott's Discovery expedition of 1902-04, taking her on both relief expeditions. The Morning found the Discovery held fast in the ice in February 1903. After re-supplying her she returned to New Zealand before returnning south again with Terra Nova in January 1904, helping to release Scott's frozen in ship in February 1904.

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