The western base contingent of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition made a camp on the top of the Shackleton Ice Shelf in February 1912. Andrew Watson set up a photographic darkroom in the main hut and he, along with geologist Charles Hoadley and meteorologist Morton Moyes, took most of the photos. This photo was taken sometime after 30 October 1912, while members of the group were on a five-week sledging party to survey the land to their east.