George Ptacnik on slope of 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 02:55:17]:
“Quite steep. It was on a slope like that [on a volcano in the Galapagos] where my foot went through and caught and...”