A spectre ship looming stark and white against the darkness of the polar night [the Endurance in the Antarctic winter darkness, trapped in the Weddell Sea, Shackleton expedition, 27 August 1915] [picture] : [Antarctica] /

Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: scratched; silvering.; 1. Published in Argonauts of the south, 1925, facing p. 162. 2. Detail published as "Like a ghost-ship etched against the blackness of the Antarctic night. A flash-light study of the "Endurance", with her hull...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962.
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: [between 1910 and 1962] 1910
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Weddell Sea
Shackleton
Weddell
Hurley
Rime
Antarc*
Antarctica
polar night
Online Access:http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23478503
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Summary:Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: scratched; silvering.; 1. Published in Argonauts of the south, 1925, facing p. 162. 2. Detail published as "Like a ghost-ship etched against the blackness of the Antarctic night. A flash-light study of the "Endurance", with her hull and rigging encrusted with glittering rime-crystals" in Shackleton's argonauts, 1948.3. Original image, with anchor ropes and gear intact, published as "The long, long night" in Shackleton's South, 1919, facing p. 200.Anchor rope scratched out on glass plate. See PIC FH/1100 Reshot.; Hurley series: Antarctica.

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