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• Navigation bar image: The return of the sun. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Royal Geographical Society.
• The Endurance keeling over. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Royal Geographical Society.
  

Expedition Story

• Navigation bar image: Cutting through the pack ice. Frank Hurley, 1914. © Royal Geographical Society.
• Sir Ernest Shackleton. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Scott Polar Research Institute.
• Endurance beset, full sail. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Royal Geographical Society.
• Elephant Island, 1981 (penguin rookery, near Shackleton's camp). © Nancy L. Cooper.
• The departure of the James Caird from Elephant Island. Frank Hurley, 1916. © Royal Geographical Society.
  

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• Navigation bar image: The end. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Royal Geographical Society.

Events

• Navigation bar image: Hauling the James Caird. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Royal Geographical Society.
• Hudson with young Emperor Penguin chicks, 12 January 1915. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Scott Polar Research Institute.
• Sir Ernest Shackleton. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Scott Polar Research Institute.
• The Endurance keeling over. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Royal Geographical Society.
• Endurance author and exhibit co-curator Caroline Alexander. Elizabeth Iannuzzi. © Alfred A. Knopf.
• Book cover for Mrs. Chippy's Last Expedition. © Harper Perennial.

Seattle International Film Festival

• Sir Ernest Shackleton. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Scott Polar Research Institute.

Fun and Games

• Navigation bar image: Endurance beset, full sail. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Royal Geographical Society.

Survival Skills Challenge

• Camping in a bad storm, Antarctica, 2000-01. © Ginny Catania.
• Shakedown ice tongue, Antarctica,1996-97. © Ginny Catania.
• Shackleton's hut inside, Antarctica,1996-97. © Ginny Catania.
• Crevasse, Antarctica,1998-99. © Ginny Catania.
• Hand drilling, Antarctica, 1996-97. © Ginny Catania.
• Snow survival: the night sky in Antarctica, 1996-97. © Ginny Catania.
• Sundog in Antarctica, 1996-97. © Ginny Catania.
• Penguin tracks, 1998-99. © Ginny Catania.
• Supplies in Shackleton's hut, Antarctica, 1996-97. © Ginny Catania.
• Crampons, Antarctica, 1998-99. © Ginny Catania.
• Elephant Island, 1981. © Nancy L. Cooper.

Polar Fashion: Expedition Clothing Then and Now

• Sir Ernest Shackleton portrait. About 1909. © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS
• Antarctic researcher, 1996-97. © Ginny Catania.
  

Dress the Researcher

• Stages of dress for outdoors in Antarctica. © Stephen G. Warren.
  

Share Your Survival Story

• Nancy L. Cooper on board the R/V Melville, Vulcan 7 Scotia Sea Expedition, Elephant Island in background, 1981. © Nancy L. Cooper.
• Camping in a bad storm, Antarctica, 2000-01. © Ginny Catania.
• Drill hole, Antarctica, 1998-99. © Ginny Catania.
• Plane on runway, Antarctica, 1996-97. © Ginny Catania.
• Rich Karstens on ridge above fumaroles, Antarctica. © Rich Karstens.
• Dr. Barbara Fry in Antarctica. © Barbara Fry.
  

Burke Membership

• Navigation bar image: Hurley with camera. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Royal Geographical Society.
• Crean (standing) and Cheetham. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Scott Polar Research Institute.

More to Explore

• Navigation bar image: 14 January 1915. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Royal Geographical Society.
  

Press Room

• Hurley with camera. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Royal Geographical Society.

UW Polar Research

• logo of the Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
• logo of the North Pole Environmental Observatory
• Ginny Catania, Antarctica, 1996-97. © Ginny Catania.
• 1997 Australian postage stamp commemorating 50th anniversary of ANARE.
• Radar Mapping of Antarctic Ice Streams. © Steve Greenberg/PI

Links & Bibliography

• Hauling the James Caird. Frank Hurley, 1915. © Royal Geographical Society.
• Crevasse, Antarctica, 1998-99. © Ginny Catania.
• Camping in a bad storm, Antarctica, 2000-01. © Ginny Catania.