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Dock Marston points up the Best Expedition inscription with water. The lower flat rock at upper center is the one which trapped the Boat No. 1 on July 21, 1891

Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1940, Mar. 31
Call number: mssMarston papers V010/0107
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