The end of the Shackleton Expedition ship "Endurance". After being held in the ice for nine months, the ship was finally crushed by the tremendous pressure of the ice surrounding it [1 November 1915] [picture] /

Part of collection: Hurley collection of photographic prints.; Condition: Good.; Related negative in the Hurley negative collection: FH/1048.; Caption: "The end of the Shackleton Expedition ship "Endurance". After being held in the ice for nine months, the ship was finally crushed by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962.
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1915. 1915
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Online Access:http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24551990
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Summary:Part of collection: Hurley collection of photographic prints.; Condition: Good.; Related negative in the Hurley negative collection: FH/1048.; Caption: "The end of the Shackleton Expedition ship "Endurance". After being held in the ice for nine months, the ship was finally crushed by the tremendous pressure of the ice surrounding it"--Lower left.; "The memorial exhibition of the late Frank Hurley O.B.E. A Kodak presentation"--Printed on mount.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24551990; Published in: Shackelton's argonauts : a saga of the Antarctic ice-packs / Frank Hurley. Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1948. Caption: "The floes came together again, and under their irresistible squeeze the timbers gave way and the waters rushed in; the ship was dead."; Exhibited: In a New Light: Australian Photography 1850s-1930s, National Library of Australia, 9 October 2003 - 26 January 2004.