Canterbury Museum objects

Before going to Antarctica I spent several days in Christchurch at the Canterbury Museum photographing artifacts from their large heroic era collections. Here are a few of the more interesting objects.

Emperor Penguin Egg collected by Edward Wilson in 1903 during the Discovery Expedition

Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s sledging flag

Edward Wilson’s collecting vials

Discovery Expedition cup and saucer

Unfortunate Adelie Penguin collected during the Terra Nova Expedition

Goggles

Theodolite, used for surveying