| Summary: | The identity of the person in the photograph is uncertain as he has been identified as Mertz in one publication and Hodgeman in another publication.; Part of collection: Sir Douglas Mawson collection of Antarctic photographs.; "Neg. W50 (Hurley)"--In pencil on verso.; Condition: Good.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3122262; Published in: The home of the blizzard : being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 / by Sir Douglas Mawson. Kent Town, S. Aust. : Wakefield Press, 1996.; Reverse of image identifying A.J. Hodgeman as the subject published in: The home of the blizzard : being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 / by Sir Douglas Mawson. London : W. Heinemann, 1915. Xavier Mertz was stationed at Adelie Land Station, Main Base. In charge of the greenland dogs. An incident in March soon after completion of the hut, Hodgeman, the night watchman returning from his rounds outside pushes his way into the veranda through the rapidly accumulating drift snow, Adelie Land [Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914]
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