B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition Official Photograph with Handstamp

The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: Image A75 - Title: Maker of History, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 27, 1930' verso, together with official printed letterhead with details of the image, 'The Discovery, Captain Scott's famous Polar vessel, now under service to the B.A.N.Z.A.R.E.....', 26 x 20 cm. From 1929 to 1931 Discovery served as the base for the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (Banzare) under Douglas Mawson . This was a major scientific and territorial quest in what is now the Australian Antarctic Territory . Launched in 1901, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in the United Kingdom . Her first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, and highly successful, journey to the Antarctic, known as the Discovery Expedition.