Herbert G. Ponting
1911, 28 May
Dr Atkinson and Clissold hauling up the fish trap, -40°C

Silver bromide print
43.7 x 61.0 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2580024
 
Photograph of the surgeon, Dr Edward Atkinson (1881-1929), and the cook, Thomas Clissold (d.1963), hauling up a fish trap that has been set below the ice, where fish are able to survive. As the trap was brought out of the water into the air, the fish would have instantly frozen to death.
 
Presented to King George V, 1914
 
LL/93539