Title

'The Dreadnought', c1908, (1909). Artist: George Marston.

Caption

'The Dreadnought', c1908, (1909). 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 after an original painting by George Marston (1882-1940) the expedition artist, from The Heart of the Antarctic, Vol. I, by E. H. Shackleton, C.V.O. [William Heinemann, London, 1909]
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Date

1909

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D46_194

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

73,1Mb (4,3Mb) / 19,9in x 14,3in / 5975 x 4279 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation cold ice seascape ship ships Antarctica south pole iceberg color colour century expedition concept water transport 1900s 20th century The Print Collector Dreadnought landscape oil Ernest Ernest Shackleton Shackleton George Marston Marston George Ernest Henry Shackleton Nimrod Expedition George E Marston Ernest Shackleton oil landscape