We reached the head of the Weddell Sea, but impenetrable barriers of old ice frustrated further progress [the Endurance close-up with icemound, Shackleton expedition, 1915] [picture] : [Antarctica] /

Part of the Hurley negative collection.; Condition: silvering; blue.; Published in Shackleton's argonauts, 1948. Composite of PIC FH/1009 (ship), PIC FH/1091 (ice mound) and clouds (no man with camera). Reshot.; Hurley series: Antarctica.; Related photographic print in the Hurley collection of photographic prints: PIC FH/10901.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23478555