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Shackleton’s Antarctica in colour, 1915

58 points by ctingom 16y ago

yolesaber 16y ago
These are eerily beautiful. Any idea where I could find hi-res versions?
- wazoox 16y ago
  Make yourself a favor and buy the book. It's full of wonderful photos, and the story is unbelievable. For a complete tour, also read "The worst journey in the world" about 1911 Scott's expedition (available on gutenberg.org for free).
  - lsb 16y ago
    Which book?
    - iujyhfgtrtgyhju 16y ago
      The pictures - http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Legendary-Antarctic-Expedition/dp/0375404031/ref=pd_sim_b_3 http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Legendary-Antarc... The story - http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/078670621X/ref=pd_sim_b_1 http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfre... Including the rather sad postscript that most of the men that survived this adventure died in the trenches in WWI
gchucky 16y ago
Their server's taking a beating it seems, but Google Cache has it - http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YOhLK7Il4_cJ:www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/02/shackletons-antarctica-in-colour-1915/+http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/02/shackletons-antarctica-in-colour-1915/&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YOhLK7I...
plusbryan 16y ago
I'm not sure if I would choose to showcase an expedition to Antarctica in 1915 in color.
- Qz 16y ago
  Pithy, but when you look at the pictures it's totally worth it.
rue 16y ago
Excellent images. For anyone even remotely interested in the topic, the film “South”, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198559/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198559/, is comprised of hauntingly awesome actual video footage of the ill-fated 1914-1916 voyage. I believe there's also an enhanced version of the material (with re-enactments &c.) but I haven't seen that one.
jackfoxy 16y ago
South is one of the greatest true-to-life adventure stories ever written. I heard a few years back some famous underwater explorer was contemplating diving to the wreck of the Endurance. Hurley left behind a number of glass plate negatives, which still may be salvageable, supposedly.

58 points by ctingom 16y ago

yolesaber 16y ago

These are eerily beautiful. Any idea where I could find hi-res versions?

wazoox 16y ago
Make yourself a favor and buy the book. It's full of wonderful photos, and the story is unbelievable. For a complete tour, also read "The worst journey in the world" about 1911 Scott's expedition (available on gutenberg.org for free).
- lsb 16y ago
  Which book?
  - iujyhfgtrtgyhju 16y ago
    The pictures - http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Legendary-Antarctic-Expedition/dp/0375404031/ref=pd_sim_b_3 http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Legendary-Antarc... The story - http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/078670621X/ref=pd_sim_b_1 http://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfre... Including the rather sad postscript that most of the men that survived this adventure died in the trenches in WWI

gchucky 16y ago

Their server's taking a beating it seems, but Google Cache has it - http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YOhLK7Il4_cJ:www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/02/shackletons-antarctica-in-colour-1915/+http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2011/02/shackletons-antarctica-in-colour-1915/&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YOhLK7I...

plusbryan 16y ago

I'm not sure if I would choose to showcase an expedition to Antarctica in 1915 in color.

Qz 16y ago
Pithy, but when you look at the pictures it's totally worth it.

rue 16y ago

Excellent images. For anyone even remotely interested in the topic, the film “South”, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198559/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198559/, is comprised of hauntingly awesome actual video footage of the ill-fated 1914-1916 voyage. I believe there's also an enhanced version of the material (with re-enactments &c.) but I haven't seen that one.

jackfoxy 16y ago

South is one of the greatest true-to-life adventure stories ever written. I heard a few years back some famous underwater explorer was contemplating diving to the wreck of the Endurance. Hurley left behind a number of glass plate negatives, which still may be salvageable, supposedly.