A gigantic mushroom of the Mackellar Archipelago, formed by blizzards pelting frozen sea spray on to an exposed reef - the mushroom grows until the summer when it splits up and disintegrates [Adelie Land, Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914] [picture] : [Antarctica] /

Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: broken corner; silvering.; Published in Argonauts of the south, 1925, facing p. 49. Also published in Mawson's Home of the blizzard, v. II, 1915, facing p. 258, with the caption: An ice mushroom amongst the Mackellar Islets. Reshot.; Hurley se...

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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
Hurley
Mackellar
Adelie Land
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23478521
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Summary:Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: broken corner; silvering.; Published in Argonauts of the south, 1925, facing p. 49. Also published in Mawson's Home of the blizzard, v. II, 1915, facing p. 258, with the caption: An ice mushroom amongst the Mackellar Islets. Reshot.; Hurley series: Antarctica. Ice mushroom amongst the Mackellar Islets

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