Looking across newly formed ice with 'Endurance' (1912) on the distant horizon

A view across newly formed ice in a lead with Endurance' (1912), a wooden auxiliary Discovery vessel, on the distant horizon. The ice formation was referred to as 'ice flowers' because of the way that it formed on the water.

Object Details

ID: P19
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hurley, James Francis
Events: Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916
Vessels: Endurance (1912)
Date made: circa spring 1915
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 84 mm x 108 mm
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