Climate Collection (page 3)

Boy scouts in Danowita, Western Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
A group of boy scouts outside the Scout Shop in Danowita, Western Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1920s

Torquay in the autumn, 1929
A sketch made by The Bystander magazines artist, Helen McKie, in the grounds of the Palace Hotel in Torquay, where, the terrors of an English autumn

Scouts and cubs at work, Ghana, West Africa
Scouts and cubs at work clearing a compound, Ghana, West Africa

Boy scouts looking at Citadel and Cairo, Egypt
Boy scouts looking at the Citadel and Cairo, Egypt

WW2 Poster -- Be Prepared
A Story and a Warning, .Darkness brings Danger, Be Prepared. Colour photolithograph poster, published by The Times of India Press, Bombay

Canadian scout leader with igloo
Canadian scout leader with a partly built igloo

Hill station, India
A hill station in India -- a high altitude location where the climate is cooler, especially popular with European colonials during the hot summer. Date: circa 1890s

Allocation of heavy bombers by G. H. Davis
The transport problems that would arise were heavy bombers switched from Britain to the Middle East during the Second World War

Sandbags and barbed wire, India. Date: 1918

British army in action in India
Men of the British army in action in India. Date: 1918

Middle Eastern Landscape, by Auguste Bouchet (1831-1889). Date: 1867

Climate Change Wall
The Climate Change Wall in the Darwin Centre of the Natural History Museum, London

Megaloceros, Irish elk
Also known as Irish elk, Megaloceros lived across Europe and western Asia until it became extinct about 8, 000 years ago

Opalised snails and clam
Found in the South Australia town of Coober Pedy, these ancient snail and clam shells have been preserved in semi-precious opal

Oolitic limestone
An oolitic limstone originating from Rutland, U.K showing the perfectly rounded ooliths of which it is composed. Formed in shallow, agitated marine conditions, and only in warm climates

Populus latior
A fossilized leaf (11 cms wide) of Populus latior, once a large flowering tree which shed many leaves during its life span

Pleistocene glacial landscape
During the Pleistocene (1.8 million years ago to 10, 000 years), ice covered much of Britain north of the Thames. Cold climate animals included the woolly mammoth (left) Mammuthus primigenius

Analysis of the weather of 1911
A chart analysing the extraordinarily hot weather experienced during the summer of 1911, which saw 660 hours of sunshine in three months. Date: 1911

Two soldiers in khaki uniform
Two young soldiers pose for their photo in the studio in their khaki uniform. They are wearing shorts and have sunburnt legs, which suggests that they are stationed in a hot climate

Argentinian Farmer
An unfortunate farmer stuggles to harvest his crops with an ox-drawn wooden cart in monsoon conditions, Argentina, South America. Date: 1930s

Troops halted during a march, South Africa, WW1
South African troops halted on a march and resting with their kit during the First World War, probably near the frontier with German South West Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1915

Advert / Cadburys Cocoa
Keeps you warm in an icy climate Date: circa 1890s

Woman in black, with pearls and brooch
A woman in a hot country, dressed completely in black, apart from her white pearls and metallic brooch. Her coat is billowing above her head as if blown by the wind

Accustomising oneself to the vagaries of our climate in a medically approved glass cabinet. Illustration by William Heath Robinson

Life at Monte Carlo
Well-to-do holiday-makers sit outdoors, enjoying the blue skies and sunshine of Monte Carlo as well as a drink or two

Poster advertising Howick, Natal, South Africa, a popular holiday resort for bathing, fishing, golf, tennis, riding, bracing climate and magnificent scenery

Father and child in a field, India
A man crouches and smokes an elaborate pipe in a cleared field, India. His young child stands beside him. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Lorries in the Thar Desert, India
People and lorries in the Thar Desert (the Great Indian Desert), India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Transporting goods in Madhya Pradesh, Central India
Goods being transported along a country road in Madhya Pradesh, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Unidentified area, India
An unidentified area in India, with a man sitting cross legged in a paved area outside a building. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Farmer with oxen and cart, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
A farmer with his oxen and cart on a country lane in Madhya Pradesh, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: circa 1940

Poster advertising San Salvadour, France
Poster advertising San Salvadour, near Hyeres, France, popular for its winter cures for arthritis and its mineral waters

A car in the Iranian desert. The driver and two passengers have got out and are examining something in the sand

General view, Iranian desert with buildings
General view of the Iranian desert, with a few buildings, and mountains in the background

People in the Iranian desert
A group of people, both Western and Middle Eastern, somewhere in the Iranian desert

An incident with a car, Iran
A large number of people trying to move a car out of a ditch, somewhere in Iran

Accra and its coastline in 1873
Accra sketched in 1873, the year, when after decades of an uneasy relationship between the British and the Acing people of central Ghana

The Economy Campaign
In the new climate of thrift during World War One, this family economises by eating pets, fashioning a pram out of a soapbox and drowning the family dog

Mounted Troops in Iraq
British cavalry and their allies in action in the deserts of Iraq. Mounted troops are best suited to cope with the difficult desert terrain and Iraqi climate

Floris V, Full-Length
FLORIS V, COUNT OF HOLLAND Established toll rights in Amsterdam in 1275 leading to thriving business climate; murdered

Floris V, Head Portrait
FLORIS V, COUNT OF HOLLAND Established toll rights in Amsterdam in 1275 leading to thriving business climate; murdered

Lancashire Longhorn Ox
This is a domestic breed from northern England, well suited to a cold climate, and grow fat in indifferent pastures

Lancashire Longhorn
A fine domestic breed from northern England, well suited to a cold climate, and grow fat in indifferent pastures

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