Clip description
This montage of still and moving images taken by Frank Hurley shows the launching of a lifeboat during the Antarctic expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in 1914-16. As indicated on the map, they hoped to sail the boat 800 miles to a whaling station at South Georgia and return with a larger boat to rescue the remaining party.
Curator’s notes
Frank Hurley did not shoot any moving image of launching the lifeboat but the voice-over of Captain Worsley links the still images to tell the dramatic story with detail and emotion.