Trans-Antarctic Expedition party at Shackleton
Date
1957
Creator
George Hemmen (1926, British) , Photographer
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Dimensions
width (negative (photographic film)): 35mm
Subject
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Description
Landscape view of Antarctica showing the Trans-Antarctic Expedition party at the edge of the sea ice, Shackleton, waving off the MS Magga Dan.
Shackleton was the starting base for the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, the first over-land crossing of the Antarctic.
Shackleton was the starting base for the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, the first over-land crossing of the Antarctic.
Object history
From a set of photographic negatives taken by George Hemmen, former Expedition’s Officer for the Royal Society and who was originally appointed as Stores Officer by the Falkland Island Dependencies Survey (FIDS) to organise the International Geophysical Year Antarctic Expedition on behalf of the Royal Society.
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