Frank Hurley's photos were originally intended as scientific documentation of an unexplored continent. Instead, they recorded an epic survival story.
In August 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. The expedition was an attempt…
Descubre en OpenMind a los grandes aventureros de la ciencia: viajes de película que sentaron las bases de muchas disciplinas científicas.
Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. — 2 Timothy 2:3 Have you ever seen a military recruitment poster or TV ad that showed wounded soldiers? Ever...
Did you know there were 69 dogs on board The Endurance, each weighing around 100lb? William Grill shares this and his other favourite facts about Ernest Shackleton’s epic Antarctic expedition
Looking at Shackleton's voyage, specifically what men kept and left behind as they traversed the Antarctic, can teach us many lessons about life.
Did you know there were 69 dogs on board The Endurance, each weighing around 100lb? William Grill shares this and his other favourite facts about Ernest Shackleton’s epic Antarctic expedition
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—Live Science reports that researchers led by Mensun Bound, director of the exploration phase […]
The Royal Geographical Society has restored early 20th century photographs from Shackleton's ruined expedition to Antarctica, and they are absolutely stunning.
In what may be one of history’s most famous successful failures, explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and 27 other men set out on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914 to make what they hoped would be the first land crossing of Antarctica. The crew had hardly reached the continent when their ship was swallowed and crushed by ice. Freezing in unfathomably cold conditions, all 28 men survived for nearly 17 months in makeshift camps in a desperate trek back to civilization. More
Wreckage hunters have found the ship, Quest, once captained by Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, nearly intact at the bottom of
In what may be one of history’s most famous successful failures, explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and 27 other men set out on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914 to make what they hoped would be the first land crossing of Antarctica. The crew had hardly reached the continent when their ship was swallowed and crushed by ice. Freezing in unfathomably cold conditions, all 28 men survived for nearly 17 months in makeshift camps in a desperate trek back to civilization. More
Más fácil decirlo que hacerlo. Pero así se mostraba Ernest Shackleton ante sus hombres: tranquilo, calmado, impertérrito, optimista. Como si no hubiesen vivido durante meses y meses abandonados sobre la precaria cáscara congelada en que se había convertido la superficie del mar. Estaban a unos 650 kilómetros [...]
Newly digitised images tell the sharpest and clearest story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition.
Google Inc. unveiled a new series of photographs Tuesday showcasing stunning panoramic views of various Antarctic historical sites, landmarks and landscapes, includ…
Newly digitised images tell the sharpest and clearest story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition.
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Looking at Shackleton's voyage, specifically what men kept and left behind as they traversed the Antarctic, can teach us many lessons about life.
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Newly digitised images tell the sharpest and clearest story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition.
“The return of the sun after 92 days.” The ship Endurance trapped in the ice following the winter in Antarctica, August 1915, during the legendary Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Ernest...
Coincidentally, the house has come on the market the same month his last ship, Quest, was discovered off the coast of Newfoundland
Grytviken is the most important historical site on South Georgia and traditionally the administrative center for all activities on the island.
British explorer Victor Hayward was a member of a shore party left stranded on Antarctica when their ship, the Aurora, was blown out to sea in a blizzard. He saved the lives of two colleagues.
Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917
Shackleton South Georgia - Following in the wake of Ernest Shackleton and his historic Endurance expedition and survival story from Antarctica to South Georgia
Format: Glass Paget plate phototransparency Notes: Frank Hurley colour Paget plates of Ernest Shackleton's 'Endurance' expedition to Antartica, 1915 Frank Hurley visited the Antarctic six times between 1911 and 1932. For more information and pictures, visit Discover Collections: Hurley's Antarctica on the State Library of NSW's website: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/natural_world/anta... Find more detailed information about this photographic collection: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=411964 Information about photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/SimpleSearch.aspx From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au
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An exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery in London’s Buckingham Palace marks the centennial of one of the last great episodes of the age of exploration.
