Rare Photos From The First Expedition To Antarctica In 1911

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    Group portrait

    Adaptation - ĐACO
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    Cavern carved by the sea in an ice wall near Commonwealth Bay, 1912

    Photograph
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    Wreck of the ‘Gratitude’, Macquarie Island, 1911

    Stock photography
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    Huskies pulling sledge, 1912

    People
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    Arthur Sawyer and sea elephant pup, 1912

    Seal
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    F. Bickerton looking out over seas near Commonwealth Bay, 1912

    Glacial landform
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    Ice cased Adelie penguins after a blizzard at Cape Denison, 1912

    Flightless bird
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    Skeleton of sea-elephant and Harold Hamilton, 1912

    Black-and-white
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    Blizzard, the pup in Antarctica, 1912

    Vertebrate
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    Hamilton hand-netting for macro-plankton from Aurora,1912

    Water
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    Frozen Adelie, Antarctica, 1912

    Penguin
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    Shags defending nest, Macquarie Island, 1912

    Bird
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    Basilisk and Ginger at Main Base, 1912

    Canidae
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    Young sea-elephants on the beach, Macquarie Island, Antarctica, 1911-1914

    Monochrome
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    Mushroom ice formation, 1912

    Rock
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    King penguins, Antarctica, 1911-1914

    Penguin
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    Victoria penguin, Antarctica, 1911-1914

    Bird
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    A dreamy Venice in seal-land, 1911-1914

    Ice
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    Cape Denison during a blizzard, crampons had to be worn on boots and ice-axes used, even so progress was very difficult and could be perilous

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