The crystal canoe [An ice canoe floating in a pool near an ice cliff. South Georgia, Shackleton expedition, 1917, or Elephant Island, 1916] [picture] : [Antarctica] /

Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: silvering.; Published in Shackleton's argonauts, 1948 with the caption: Avalanche Glacier was ever a menace. Great masses of ice calved from its face and, falling into the sea, sent out displacement waves, which threatened to wash us off the low-lying spit.; Hurley series: Antarctica.; Other number: 50.; Title from caption of exhibition print H3 13.; Related photographic print in the Hurley collection of photographic prints: FH 10870.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23478499.Avalanche Glacier was ever a menac