Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17 (Endurance)

Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton, with the aim of being the first to traverse Antarctica. Photographs taken by Frank Hurley whilst with the Weddell Sea party, on the ship Endurance and afterwards on South Georgia.

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The Endurance among great blocks of pressure ice		Portrait of Tom Crean		Endurance at midwinter, 1915		Tom Crean and the pups
Return of the sun after the long winter darkness		Portrait of Ernest Shackleton		The James Caird setting out for South Georgia		Perce Blackbarow and Mrs Chippy
Endurance crushed by the ice and sinking		Ernest Shackleton and Frank Hurley at Patience Camp		Endurance waiting for the pack ice to open up		Young Emperor penguin chicks
Frank Wild in summer clothes		Thomas Orde-Lees on deck of Endurance		Round the Night Watchman's fire		Bi-weekly ablutions of "The Ritz"
Greenstreet (illustrating breath icicles)		The Skipper. Frank Worsley		Arrival of the rescue ship off Elephant Island		The first meal on Elephant Island
Dogs leaving the ship for training		Mountain and glacier. Geer Buttress and Hooke Glacier, South Georgia		Men and dogs on the ice, Endurance in the background		Portrait of the dog named Sue
The Ikeys, who are the puppies of the dog named Sue		Dr Macklin with sledge dogs on board ship		Arrival at Elephant Island		Ocean Camp. Ernest Shackleton and Frank Wild on the left
New leads covered with ice flowers in early spring		Dawn at the close of Winter		The cinematographer (Hurley) at work		Entering the pack ice, December 9, 1914
Frank Wild in winter clothes		Robert Selbie Clark		Portrait of Frank Hurley		Members of the expedition on Elephant Island
The look-out established at Ocean Camp		Captain Worsley and Reginald James taking observations		One of the dog team leaders		The floe cracking up, 29th September 1915
The cook skinning a penguin		Frank Wild and sledge dogs on board ship		Portrait of Frank Wild		Endurance battling with high blocks of pressure ice
A dog kennel made of snow and ice		Endurance fast in the sea of ice		De Geer Glacier at head of Moraine Fjord, South Georgia		Rime crystals on the rigging of Endurance
Soccer during a "hold up"		Endurance in the pack ice much resembling a billowy sea		A midsummer sunset, February, 1915		Portrait of a dog
Alexander Macklin		Ernest Shackleton going out to board the relief boat		Frank Wild examining the wreckage of the "Endurance"		Endurance in a pressure, a week before she was finally crushed
Endurance caught in a pressure crack, October, 1915		A great glacier berg, 180ft high, which menaced the ship		A morning in "The Ritz", midwinter, 1915		Endeavouring to cut the ship out of the ice, February, 1915
Frank Hurley with cameras, South Georgia		The 'Endurance' beset in the pack ice		A lake among leads in the pack ice		Frank Hurley taking film from aloft
Launching the boat for the relief journey		Preparing the boat for the journey to secure help		Pulling up the boats below the cliffs of Elephant Island		The night watchmen, having a game of chess