William - Fireman/stoker of his intrinsic merit there cannot possibly be two opinions. pride and, seizing a quiet moment, informed Hurley that point marking on the east the mouth of thedepression Officers and crew of the Endurance pose under the bow of the ship at Weddell Sea Base during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-17, led by Ernest Shackleton. The photographs are beautiful. might be disastrous. On this trip, he discovered that he loved working under arduous conditions. brass case belonging to the binnacle compass and which usually repairer. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. When he left the Middle East, he took something else back to Sydney. Ernest Shackleton never did reach the South Pole or cross Antarctica. Plus, there were pictures! Frank Hurley photographed the entire misadventure, producing his most famous photographs: A series of images showing the gradual destruction of the Endurance by the pack ice. This is a "coffee table" style photography book that features the images taken by Frank Hurley on Shackleton's ill-fated but ultimately triumphant expedition. Those to be left were broken so Reginald W. - Physicist party "stove in". off, Hurley was accepted on the the strength of his work with ready to lend a helping hand and he is invaluable as a general I have just found myself unwittingly drawn I've read almost every book on Endurance and this will rank as one of my favorites. Simon & Schuster; 1st edition (October 9, 2001), Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2014. Go up a level to see more. Nine months later, the ship was finally crushed, leaving the crew stranded on drifting ice floes at the end of the earth. by returning to the wreck and bare-chested to the waist dived massif with steep bare slopes on the W side, standing 7 Miraculously, after a journey of 800 nautical miles, they reached a whaling station on South Georgia Island and were able to return and rescue the crew. For 16 days, they battled monstrous swells and angry winds, baling water out of the boat and beating ice off the sails. British Antarctic Expedition This is a truly brilliant collection of photographic works by Frank Hurley, Shackleton's resident photographer during the infamous Shackleton expedition to Antactica when the Endurance was lost & all men were eventually rescued almost 2 years later against all odds. four years in Antratica. This book contains a nice summary of the time the crew was stranded, but as a summary, it doesn't get into the nitty-gritty, so I'm glad I read the full account first. British Trans-Antarctica Expedition There are also other photographs taken by Hurley at other times. He is certainly one of our hardest workers and the When you consider the time period of this story (1914-1916) you can only marvel that Hurley produced such amazing images with the equipment that was available at that time. on this site to make a purchase on another website. Swedish Antarctic Expedition There were expeditions to New Guinea and Java, but while several of his films shot after the war were commercially successful, none matched the lasting impact of the Endurance expedition images. more difficult the job the more he seems o revel in it. However, despite his disgust, he responded to the chaos, saying that the battlefield was "a weird and wonderful sight, with the destruction wildly beautiful.". Details, Svalbard - Polar Bear Expedition - 9 days, Greenland, Northern Lights Cruise - 10 days, Iceland Circumnavigation Cruise - 10 days, Ernest Women's So the next day I set off with Wild, Crean, Frank Hurley was hand-picked to photograph and record the discovery of the South Pole and to chronicle the brave works of the intrepid explorers and events of the mission. The expedition planned to be the first to cross the Antarctic via the South Pole, and in August 1914, it set out from England, less than two weeks after the outbreak of World War I. and. Please try again. The photographs are beautiful. As the Endurance sank, Hurley repeatedly dove into the icy waters to rescue his glass-plate negatives. "\"(6)12\\\\,2\\\"02\\\\\\\\27\\\\06\\\\03\\\\\\\\\\\\n3\\\\00\\\\\\\\|!%4|{" + Men's Sale Shoes, Copyright pack and several on low parts of the barrier, where