The crushing of the Endurance

View of the Endurance ship used by Sir Ernest Shackleton in his 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The ship can be seen tilted to the left under the pressure of the surrounding ice as Shackleton examines the effect of the ice pressure.

Publication date: 1917-01-28

Size: 38 x 25.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Weddell Sea (Antarctica)

Subject(s):

• Endurance (Ship)
• Sailing ships--Norwegian--Antarctica--Weddell Sea--1910-1920
• Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922--Associated objects
• Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 28, 1917), Rotogravure Section, p. 1

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962

Contributor(s):

• Underwood & Underwood