CENTURY OLD ANTARCTIC IMAGES DISCOVERED IN CAPTAIN SCOTT’S HUT
Photographic negatives left a century ago in Captain Scott’s last expedition base at Cape
Evans have been discovered and conserved by New Zealand’s Antarctic Heritage Trust. The
negatives were found in expedition photographer Herbert Ponting’s darkroom and have
been painstakingly conserved revealing never before seen Antarctic images.
The Trust’s conservation specialists discovered the clumped together cellulose nitrate negatives in a small box as part of the Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project which has seen more than 10,000 objects conserved at Scott’s Cape Evans hut. The negatives were removed from Antarctica by the Trust earlier this year. Detailed conservation treatment back in New Zealand separating the negatives has revealed twenty-two images. The photographs are from Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-1917 Ross Sea Party, which spent time living in Scott’s hut after being stranded on Ross Island when their ship blew out to sea. [via nzaht.org]
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Alexander Stevens on the deck of the Aurora, McMurdoSound, Antarctica. All images via the Antarctic Heritage Trust.
The cellulose nitrate negatives. found blocked together. The 22 cellulose nitrate negatives were, the Trust believes, left there by Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party, which became stranded on Ross Island when their ship blew out to sea during a blizzard.
Iceberg and land, Ross Island., Antarctica.
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Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.
~ Ernest Shackleton
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The Trust’s conservation specialists discovered the clumped together cellulose nitrate negatives in a small box as part of the Ross Sea Heritage Restoration Project which has seen more than 10,000 objects conserved at Scott’s Cape Evans hut. The negatives were removed from Antarctica by the Trust earlier this year. Detailed conservation treatment back in New Zealand separating the negatives has revealed twenty-two images. The photographs are from Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-1917 Ross Sea Party, which spent time living in Scott’s hut after being stranded on Ross Island when their ship blew out to sea. [via nzaht.org]
*Click on images for larger view*
Alexander Stevens on the deck of the Aurora, McMurdoSound, Antarctica. All images via the Antarctic Heritage Trust.
The cellulose nitrate negatives. found blocked together. The 22 cellulose nitrate negatives were, the Trust believes, left there by Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party, which became stranded on Ross Island when their ship blew out to sea during a blizzard.
Iceberg and land, Ross Island., Antarctica.
Photo of Alexander Stevens, chief scientist and geologist on-board the Aurora. Shell Benzine cases on the left. Cellulose nitrate processed sheet film negative, found in Captain Scott's 1911 expedition base, Cape Evans, Antarctica, by Antarctic Heritage Trust (NZ) conservators. Photo taken by Ernest Shackleton's Ross Sea Party 1914-1917.
Video about New Zealand’s Antarctic Heritage Trust.
Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.
~ Ernest Shackleton
Find out more about Shackleton's truly epic adventure:
wonderful collection - thanks for researching and sharing
ReplyDeleteOMG! unbelievable!
ReplyDeleteWow.. How awesome is that?
ReplyDelete- Pretty awesome! :)