Posted on 12/27/2013 6:38:42 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
Almost one hundred years after a group of explorers set out across the frozen landscape of Antarctica to set up supply depots for famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, a box of 22 never-before-seen exposed but unprocessed negatives taken by the group’s photographer has been unearthed in one of those shacks, preserved in a block of ice.
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Every FReeper needs to read the inspiring story of Ernie Shackleton.
http://www.amazon.com/South-Endurance-Expedition-Ernest-Shackleton/dp/0451198808
(The sad part is most of the guys who survived this incredible ordeal died as soldiers in WW1.
In some places:
Global warming at the pole as German tourists take a dip
I don't remember the year now, but it aired on a very hot summer as a mini-series on PBS. Just imagining the cold and the intriguing story of the arctic explorers kept me cooled off.
Of course that was back when I used to watch TV, back when I was for the most part - a lib myself. It was a race between Shackelton and a Norwegian guy I can't recall.
No. There it is; Scott and Amundsen.
Great book and a great leader.
Lansing’s account is also excellent.
Its still available but a tad more expensive than its once was.
the cold’s effect on the negatives....may be problematic I dont know.
Enjoyed the article immensely. Thanks for the post, and the ping.
qoo years from now the word ‘selfie’ will not be understood by the “Americans” all speaking Arabic and worshipping Allah!
Damn, I thought a selfie was what obamaramadingdong did when Reggie wasn’t available.
The bad news is all they contain are pictures of penguins in black-and-white.
Musta been a Koldak camera he used
“unearthed”???
Shouldn’t that be “thawed out”?
> I do not believe the latent image would remain for 100 years. Then again maybe the cold does keep them.
Four years ago, a friend found a box of color 8mm movie film in his attic. They were 40 years old and never developed. His son begged him to develop them and he finally got them developed. 1/3 of them were worthless. The other 2/3s were as if they had only been taken the day before. They were perfect.
And the blood goes spurting “shpppooosh”
There is a way to special process film which has been exposed for a very long time. Of course it is much more difficult than just running it through the processing machine.
Bump
The negatives can be developed, your 5, 6 year old floppies cannot be read. Tragedy, as the Everly Brothers sang (whose 33 1/3 RPM disks can still be read.)
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