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Frank Hurley (1885-1962)
Wild and Shackleton between two pressure ridges 1915
Silver bromide print | 15.4 x 20.5 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2580080
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Photograph of Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), on the right and Frank Wild (1873-1939) stand facing the viewer in between pressure ridges. Shackleton (right) and Frank Wild (1873-1939), his second in command on the Endurance, provide much-needed scale to this picture of two pressure ridges, and demonstrate the size of the natural forces at work on their ship.
Provenance
Presented to King George V, 1917
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Medium and techniques
Silver bromide print
Measurements
15.4 x 20.5 cm (image) (image)
29.2 x 37.7 cm (page dimensions)
Alternative title(s)
Between two pressure ridges (Wild and Shackleton). [Photographs of scenes and incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party, 1914, 1915, 1916].
