Antarctic

Image by Rita Willaert via Flickr

Port Lockroy and the Europa.

Originally uploaded by Peter G Hall

the more the outside is cold, the more we enjoy the warmth of being inside on a ship, in a house, in a castle …

je kälter es draußen ist, desto mehr genießen wir die Geborgenheit auf einem Schiff, in einem Blockhaus, in einer Burg; das beste Wetter zum Malen, Schreiben, Musizieren – vorausgesetzt, man hat genug Holz zum Verfeuern …

The ‘Endurance’ under full sail, held up in the Weddell Sea, 1915 / by Frank Hurley
From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au
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State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Frank Hurley visited the Antarctic six times between 1911 and 1932. For more information and pictures, visit Discover Collections: Hurley’s Antarctica on the State Library of NSW’s website
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