Picture No | 10653244 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, polar explorer |
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874 - 1922), Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer. Photographed here at the age of 40 in windproof Polar kit. He was preparing for a new expedition, known as the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (aka Endurance Expedition), which took place between 1914 and 1917.
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Source | Photograph by Swaine in 'The Sphere', 10 January 1914, page 49 and also in 'The Sphere', 4 February 1922, page 120 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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