Category Archives: Images

“True Milk”

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“…we are living quite well, though we shall not be sorry to get some fresh seal meat. It is quite extraordinary how one’s tastes differ from what they are at home. Nearly everyone eats more fat here — fat in … Continue reading →

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Ice Blink

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“Then I saw a singular light in the northern sky, brightest down at the horizon, but stretching far up towards the zenith. I had not noticed this before, and as I looked I heard a curious murmur to the north … Continue reading →

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Night photography

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“During the night take flashlight [pictures] of the ship beset by pressure. This necessitated some twenty flashes, one behind each salient pressure hummock, no less than ten of the flashes being required to satisfactorily illuminate the ship herself. Half blinded … Continue reading →

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Ice Flowers

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“Took color camera to lead again this morning amidst the similar gorgeous conditions of yesterday, more glorified perhaps for a fine crop of ice flowers have sprung up on the lead and were illuminated by the morning sun, resembling a … Continue reading →

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Fata Morgana

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“A wonderful mirage of the Fata Morgana type was visible. The day was clear and bright, with a blue sky overhead and some rime aloft. “The distant pack is thrown up into towering barrier-like cliffs, which are reflected in blue … Continue reading →

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A previous stranding: Antarctica, 1903

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“We were forced to feed ourselves mainly by seals and penguins. Already during the first few days of our stay on the island, we were lucky enough to kill [enough] not only for our immediate needs but also for a … Continue reading →

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A violent shock

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“The captain himself was up in the crow’s nest, from where he directed the maneouvering. The orders ring out incessantly, and the helmsman is hard put to follow the constant changes… From his lookout point, the captain chooses his point … Continue reading →

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Diatoms are again appearing

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“Clark finds that with returning daylight the diatoms are again appearing. His nets and line are stained a pale yellow, and much of the newly formed ice has also a faint brown or yellow tinge. The diatoms cannot multiply without … Continue reading →

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What the ice gets, the ice keeps

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

“All hands is standing bye we had a slight shock last night… there was a noise under the bottom aft the same as if the ice had broken up…. the Boss thinks it was a whale but I thinks different.” … Continue reading →

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Scrubbing the decks

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Ernest Shackleton

James Wordie, Alfred Cheetam, Alexander Macklin “…it fell to my unwilling lot to go down on my knees and scrub the passages. I am able to put aside pride of caste in most things but I must say that I … Continue reading →

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