Important Taxidermy Adelies Penguin From The Terra Nova Arctic Expedition
Log #8880
Description: This Adelies penguin by Rowland Ward was taken by the antarctic explorer Surgeon Commander George Murray Levick. It was brought back from the famous Terra Nova arctic expedition led By Captain Robert Falcon Scott CVO. Levick spent the austral summer of 1911 to 1912 at Cape Adare in the midst of an Adelie penguin rookery. To date, this has been the only study of the Cape Adare rookery, the largest Adelie penguin colony in the world, and he has been the only one to spend an entire breeding cycle there. His observations of the courting, mating, and chick-rearing behaviours of these birds are recorded in his book Antarctic Penguins and we include a first edition of this important collection of manuscripts.
The incredible taxidermy was carried out by Rowland Ward's of Piccadilly. The case bears his trade label underneath and is also etched on the front glass.