12-30-2013, 11:18 AM
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This post is a starting point to some events and pics that are fascinating...
Imaging Resource
Steve Meltzer
12/27/13
On Ice: 100-year-old negatives discovered in Antarctic
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Conservators restoring an Antarctic exploration hut recently made a remarkable discovery:
a small box of 22 exposed but unprocessed photographic negatives,
frozen in a solid block of ice for nearly one hundred years.<snip>
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It's the first example that I'm aware of, of undeveloped negatives
from a century ago from the Antarctic heroic era. There's a paucity of images from that expedition.
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The Ross Sea Party's expedition is one of those extraordinary efforts
in an era of heroic exploration that today has been all but forgotten.
In January 1915, the exploration ship Aurora dropped off Shackleton's head scientist,
the team's photographer and eight other men on the shore of the McMurdo Sound
in the Ross Sea with provisions and equipment to set supply depots for the rest of the team.
Shackleton's would start from the opposite side of Antarctica on the shore of the Weddell Sea,
venture to the South Pole then rely on supply depots set by the Ross Sea party
for their trip to McMurdo sound. The Aurora would winter offshore, providing a safe haven
for the both groups upon their return. Little about the trip went according to plan.
The Aurora broke free from her moorings during a blizzard and
was blown out to sea, leaving the Ross Sea Party stranded on the ice.
You can find the full photo collection on the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust website here.
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