Sujet
'Professor David Standing By Mawson's Anemometer', c1908, (1909). Artist: Unknown.
Légende
'Professor David Standing By Mawson's Anemometer', c1908, (1909). Professor Tannatt William Edgeworth David (1858-1934), was Director of Scientific Staff on the Nimrod expedition. Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) made three expeditions to the Antarctic. During the second expedition, 1907-1909, he and three companions established a new record, Farthest South latitude at 88°S, only 97 geographical miles (112 statute miles, or 180 km) from the South Pole, the largest advance to the pole in exploration history. Members of his team also climbed Mount Erebus, the most active volcano in the Antarctic. Shackleton was knighted by King Edward VII for these achievements. He died during his third and last 'oceanographic and sub-antarctic' expedition, aged 47. Illustration from The Heart of the Antarctic, Vol. I, by E. H. Shackleton, C.V.O. [William Heinemann, London, 1909]
The Print Collector collection
Date
1909
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19D46_234
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
63,1Mo (2,9Mo) / 33,9cm x 46,6cm / 4005 x 5504 (300dpi)