Эта небольшая коробка с негативами почти столетие пролежала в антарктических льдах. Предположительно, снимки были сделаны в рамках большого исследования моря Росса в 1914-1917 годах, но ученые пока не могут сказать точно, какая именно это была экспедиция и вернулись ли эти люди домой.
http://dailybest.me/ice-photos/?pk_campaign=fb_page#JFpBsPRrRgvQLgix.97http://www.nzaht.org/AHT/ross-sea-party-lost-photos/Ross Sea Party Lost Photos
The Trust’s conservation specialists, working in expedition photographer Herbert Ponting’s darkroom at Scott’s 1911 Cape Evans expedition base, discovered a small box that held cellulose nitrate negatives that were clumped together.
The negatives were removed from Antarctica and detailed conservation treatment back in New Zealand painstakingly separated the negatives, revealing twenty-two never-before-seen Antarctic images.
The photographs are from Ernest Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party (1914-1917), which spent time living in Scott’s hut after being stranded on Ross Island when their ship blew out to sea. Their role was to lay vital depots for Shackleton’s expedition, which was to cross the continent from the Weddell Sea.
Although many of the images were damaged, the Trust was able to recognise landmarks around McMurdo Sound. While the identity of the photographer remains unknown, it is thought to be expedition photographer Arnold Spencer-Smith.
