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User:Yomangani/The Courteous Identification of the Dogs in the Ice Clime

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Main base

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Image Name Main colour(s) likely in photos Description Notes
Basilisk
Basilisk. Black and white Black with white chest. Right fore three quarters white. Left fore half white. Back paws maybe white. Some white on muzzle(lips)? White line up neck. Lots of photos
Ginger bitch (left) with Basilisk(right)
Ginger bitch Black Ginger (a lot of help in B&W). Looks mostly black especially on right side of head. Light small patch on upper chest? Possibly notched right ear Likely to be in pictures with Basilisk
Ginger (left) with Basilisk(right)
Ginger Black and white Ginger (a lot of help in B&W). Big. White chest. Right fore white (4/5ths on outside, joining to chest on inside) Left fore white (one third on outside, joining to chest on inside). Rear paws white.
Blizzard as a pup
Blizzard Black and white White with black paws(?) Black face. White muzzle.
Castor White White with light brown eyes and muzzle; big, with a sharp face.
Jack Johnson White Small and white. Scarred and lacking hair
John Bull Black and white Black. White chest. Medium-sized and stocky
Betli White and black White. Multi-coloured face. Black spot on the side of her mouth. Medium-sized. Tail skimpy
Shackleton Black and white Black. Patch of white on his chest; "handsomest dog in the pack"
Franklin Black and white Black except for a patch of white on his chest; gloomy Friend of Scott so liable to be in photos with him
Scott White and black White with a black face Friend of Franklin so liable to be in photos with him
Grandmother Off black Dark brown with short coat
Gadget Off black Small, mousy
Fusilier Black Dark brown. Short coat. Broad chest and muscly legs Friend of Caruso so likely to be in photos with him (if early)
Caruso Black Dark brown. Thin. Sharp face. Mangy looking. Friend of Fusilier so likely to be in photos with him
George White and black Small. White with black face. A black spot on his rump. Friend of Mary so likely to be in photos with her
Mary White and black Small. White with black face. Friend ofGeorge so likely to be in photos with him
Haldane Grey Grey. Wolfish. Friend of Castor so likely to be in photos with him
Pavlova Black and white Black with a white chest; considered the most attractive of the bitches Friend of Fusilier so likely to be in photos with him

The pups

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Very interesting photo

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If these are the second season dogs then it is probably all the second season dogs as there are 13 in the picture. (No Hoyle as he would have been too young). Compare the descriptions from 1st and 2nd seasons to see if they can be ruled in or out by the number of each colouring. Photo is taken by Mawson and he records taking photos of the second season dogs at lunch (not to say he didn't take any in the first season but he does seem to have left the photo taking to others until 1913)

Western base

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Amundsen or Switzerland

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The black and white dog in all these is Zip.

Probably Zip

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Zip has a ridiculous amount of photos and here are some more:

Zip again

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Possibly Tiger or Tich, Possibly Nansen

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The Amundsen/Amundsen/Colonel debate

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Hurley could have taken a picture of Colonel or Amundsen at main base when Aurora arrived or when he returned to pick up the 1913 season party. The catalogue title apparently came from Mawson's titles on the pictures. Amundsen described as "Slim, yellow-gray, wolfish-looking; perhaps the prettiest of the second-year dogs", Colonel as "White, wooly-haired, and biggest of Amundsen dogs". Amundsen was given to Madigan's sister Mollie and is recorded as dying in 1920, so there may be more records or photos of him.

Hurley could also have taken a picture of the other Amundsen at the western base when he went with Aurora to relieve them, but the dog is pictured on rocks and another blurry dark dog is just visible in the background so this is unlikely as there were no rocks around WB and no dark dogs were still alive when Hurley arrived. The "Sledge dog in harness" photo is taken from a different angle and shows another dark dog in the background, so it is impossible to be the Amundsen from the western base.

Hurley is probably more trustworthy on the identification as Mawson would be looking at the picture among hundreds months later.