[Winniesboy]

Of all the many extraordinary events of the expedition, not the least remarkable is the survival of the glass plate negatives of those stunning Hurley photographs, after being dragged across the ice in the ship’s boats to Elephant Island, and then the long months on the frozen island, protected only by a wooden crate, waiting for the eventual rescue.

[caww]

Here's the camera and Hurley.....plus great shot of the boat.

Hurley is shown taking a photo with his heavy equipment - under the prow of Endurance and standing on big chunks of crumbling ice.

[caww]

This story was one of the best if not the best Books I’ve ever read on human survival...and mans determination....stunning read.

[caww]

Hurley was forced to become more selective with his subject matter as time went on - and in the end he destroyed 400 of his negatives, keeping only 120, of which the Royal Geographical Society now looks after 68.

By April 1916, in three small boats which had been taken off Endurance, Shackleton and his crew left the floating ice and started an arduous voyage to uninhabited Elephant Island.