After a few minutes out in the blizzard, the face quickly became encased in ice, but when the temperature fell the snow was not cohesive and was more like a sand blast, Mawson Expedition 1911-1913 [picture] /

Part of collection: Hurley collection of photographic prints.; Condition: Good.; Caption: "After a few minutes out in the blizzard, the face quickly became encased in ice, but when the temperature fell the snow was not cohesive and was more like a sand blast. Mawson Expedition 1911-13."--L...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962.
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: [between 1911 and 1914] 1911
Subjects:
Online Access:http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24574074
Description
Summary:Part of collection: Hurley collection of photographic prints.; Condition: Good.; Caption: "After a few minutes out in the blizzard, the face quickly became encased in ice, but when the temperature fell the snow was not cohesive and was more like a sand blast. Mawson Expedition 1911-13."--Lower left.; "With Shackleton to the Antarctic. Photography by Frank Hurley O.B.E. A Kodak presentation."--Printed on mount.; "Cecil Thomas Madigan, the meteorologist wearing an ice mask, returning to the Hut during a blizzard"--Details from related negative.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24574074; Also available as a negative: PIC FH/1054 LOC Cold store PIC HURL 68/10; Published in: The home of the blizzard : being the story of the Australasian antarctic expedition, 1911-1914 / by Sir Douglas Mawson . London : W. Heinemann, 1915. v. I, 1915, facing p. 104.; Published in: Argonauts of the south / Frank Hurley. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. facing p. 60.; Exhibited: In a New Light: Australian Photography 1850s-1930s, National Library of Australia, 9 October 2003 - 26 January 2004.