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Frank Hurley captures the heartbreaking moment during Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition when the mast and rigging of the Endurance collapses as the ship is enclosed by two tonnes of pack ice.
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Frank Hurley filmed this extraordinary footage as Shackleton’s expedition ship, the Endurance, is enclosed with pack ice. The ship’s crow’s nest fell only 10 feet from Hurley yet he continued filming.
After the ship collapsed, Frank Hurley courageously boarded the Endurance to save his glass slides and film footage. Unable to carry them all, Hurley destroyed up to 400 plates.
