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| Picture No | 10680012 |
| Date | 1914 |
| Description | Ernest Shackleton's air-propelled sledges, and a tent |
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Sir Ernest Shackleton's air-propelled sledges, intended for use in the Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). Shown here operating as air-propelled water boats. Below is a drawing of a new kind of dome-shaped tent which can be converted into a snow igloo for added warmth.
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| Source | Two unattributed photographs and a drawing by D Macpherson In The Sphere, 10 January 1914, page 56 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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