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  • PIC FH/10901 LOC H3/16
  • Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962.
  • We reached the head of the Weddell Sea, but impenetrable barriers of old ice frustrated further progress [the Endurance close-up with icemound, Shackleton expedition, 1915] [picture] : [Antarctica]
  • 1915. 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; 30.6 x 24 cm. + 1 folded sheet.
  • Part of Hurley collection of photographic prints [picture] [1910-1962]
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Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962. We reached the head of the Weddell Sea, but impenetrable barriers of old ice frustrated further progress [the Endurance close-up with icemound, Shackleton expedition, 1915] [picture] : [Antarctica]
Creator
Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962.
Title
We reached the head of the Weddell Sea, but impenetrable barriers of old ice frustrated further progress [the Endurance close-up with icemound, Shackleton expedition, 1915] [picture] : [Antarctica] / [Frank Hurley].
Date
1915.
Extent
1 photograph : gelatin silver ; 30.6 x 24 cm. + 1 folded sheet.
Context
Part of Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962. Hurley collection of photographic prints [picture]
Series
  • Hurley collection of photographic prints.
Notes
Part of: Hurley collection of photographic prints.

Published in Shackleton's argonauts, 1948. Composite of PIC FH/1009 (ship), PIC FH/1091 (ice mound) and clouds (no man with camera). Reshot.

Hurley series: Antarctica.

Related negative in the Hurley negative collection: PIC FH/1074.

Accompanied by handwritten description of photograph on 1 folded sheet.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24778139; Exhibited: "In a New Light: Australian Photography 1850s-1930s", National Library of Australia, 9 Oct. 03-26 Jan. 04.
Subject
  • Endurance (Ship) -- Photographs.
  • Sea ice -- Antarctica -- Weddell Sea -- Photographs.
  • Weddell Sea (Antarctica) -- Photographs.
Identifier
nla.pic-an24778139
Bib id
vn2493370
Call number(s)
  • PIC FH/10901 LOC H3/16 *
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