A Photographic Odyssey: Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ Expedition Captured On Camera
Presented by Mark Cottle
On Ernest Shackleton’s third Antarctic expedition in 1914, his ship, the Endurance, was trapped, eventually crushed in pack ice. After five months on the ice, the ship’s company rowed to remote Elephant Island. Shackleton then sailed with five companions over 800 miles to South Georgia, returning over three months later to rescue his stranded crew. Australian Frank Hurley was the expedition’s official photographer. His images capture with great artistry the amazing landscapes within which this remarkable human drama unfolded. This lecture illustrates Hurley’s great talent behind the lens, in the first flush of human contact when the Antarctic remained essentially ‘terra incognita’.
Dates and Locations
Thursday 13 August 2026 Shoalhaven (NSW)
Monday 17 August 2026 Narrabri (NSW)
Tuesday 18 August 2026 Scone (NSW)
Wednesday 19 August 2026 Tamworth (NSW)
Monday 31 August 2026 Coffs Coast (NSW)
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