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HURLEY’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF SHACKLETON’S EXPEDITION
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition While marooned, Shackleton’s ship “Endurance” drifted over 2000 miles (3200km) in the pack ice of the Weddell Sea. On the way a huge mass of ice was encountered that they dubbed the “Rampart Berg”. Shackleton estimated the grounded iceberg to be 200 feet (60m) high, twice the height of the crow’s nest on the Endurance’s mast. Shackleton wrote in his diary on April 14, 1915: “A new berg that was going to give us some cause for anxiety made its appearance…” The ship was at the mercy of the currents controlling the pack ice and was in grave danger of being crushed against the iceberg. With time, the Endurance drifted past the Rampart Berg and left it behind as the ship drifted west and north. Frank Hurley made this composite photograph by combining an image of the Endurance with a separate image of the iceberg. |
