George Ptacnik descending from volcano, Galapagos Islands, 1961

35mm color slide

35mm color slide from voyage of brigantine ALBATROSS 1960-1961; photographed by Richard E. Langford who was a teacher aboard the vessel when it sank May 2, 1961; he used slides in this collection (2002.35.1-657) for lectures about the sinking. The following description of this slide is part of a transcription of a videotaped lecture from Richard Langford Collection AV 193:2002-5,6: [TCR 02:53:33]:
“And there’s Spook [George Ptacnik, the cook] descending right here (light pointer) [volcano in the Galapagos]. And that sand is like glass--like ground glass.”