Coolest Coldest pictures of the 1911 Australasian Antarctic Expedition

Dragging their brass balls through the snow must have been difficult.

Take my advice; pull down your pants, and slide on the ice.

Looking at these, I can't help but think we're loosing some image quality as we move away from film.

Sybarite: [assets.flavorwire.com image 600x591]

Great, now that's going to haunt my nightmares.

I can hear them saying "Aw, buggah." in an Australian accent.

Did someone order Meat-Popsicles?

Excellent composition by a dedicated, if unknown to me, photographer. How about putting them on some AAT postage stamps?

leehouse: I'm leaving for Antarctica next monday, so I'm getting a kick out of this thread.

Hey, I'm leaving in a month. Where are you going? I'll be working out of MCM and the Dry Valleys.

Mad Scientist: Take my advice; pull down your pants, and slide on the ice.

slideshow. the coolest pictures i will not see today.

You know who else did something cool in 1911?



John Moses Browning, that's who.

leehouse: sokolnikov: leehouse: I'm leaving for Antarctica next monday, so I'm getting a kick out of this thread.

Hey, I'm leaving in a month. Where are you going? I'll be working out of MCM and the Dry Valleys.

I'll be primarily in MCM, doing day trips out to our stations. In December I'll be in MCM, Byrd, and Pole. Then in January I'll be back to day trips.

Sounds like the recipe for an AntFARKtica party.

aearra: Excellent composition by a dedicated, if unknown to me, photographer. How about putting them on some AAT postage stamps?

Unknown to you. The rest of us saw "Photo by Frank Hurley" under each photo.

Right. Like anything happened before we were born and started calling everything awesome.

dittybopper: leehouse: sokolnikov: leehouse: I'm leaving for Antarctica next monday, so I'm getting a kick out of this thread.

Hey, I'm leaving in a month. Where are you going? I'll be working out of MCM and the Dry Valleys.

I'll be primarily in MCM, doing day trips out to our stations. In December I'll be in MCM, Byrd, and Pole. Then in January I'll be back to day trips.

Sounds like the recipe for an AntFARKtica party.

This should happen... at Discovery Hut! ...or maybe at the wine bar.

You kids and your modern Polartec. Go exploring with just wool and waxed cotton, Under Armour-wearing pansies.

Surprised they didn't show their aeroplane (new window)...

Came here to make a Cthulu reference but see I am to late.

This one is begging for a photoshop:

The rare Ross Seal. He was delicious

Or, ignore the slideshow and go to the National Library'sflickr page? (clicky pops)

Australian National Library puts heaps of good old stuff online. (poppy clicky)

Mighty_Joe: aearra: Excellent composition by a dedicated, if unknown to me, photographer. How about putting them on some AAT postage stamps?

Unknown to you. The rest of us saw "Photo by Frank Hurley" under each photo.

Frank Hurley was also on Shackleton's Antarctic expedition.

stuhayes2010: Looking at these, I can't help but think we're loosing some image quality as we move away from film.

What is it being loosened from?

Count me in for the mcmurdo fark party. But i wont be there till january. Season 15 here we come.

Those guys were an inch from death every minute of the day.

sokolnikov: dittybopper: leehouse: sokolnikov: leehouse: I'm leaving for Antarctica next monday, so I'm getting a kick out of this thread.

Hey, I'm leaving in a month. Where are you going? I'll be working out of MCM and the Dry Valleys.

I'll be primarily in MCM, doing day trips out to our stations. In December I'll be in MCM, Byrd, and Pole. Then in January I'll be back to day trips.

Sounds like the recipe for an AntFARKtica party.

This should happen... at Discovery Hut! ...or maybe at the wine bar.

Lets do it somewhere warm...just saying

Is there a good biography of Hurley? Or at least a coffee table edition of his photos? If not, there's money to be made there, or at least a tribute to a hero of the early 20th century.

Quick, somebody shop shoggoths and/or The Thing into every photo

Sir Ernest Shackleton tells the newest member of the expedition that the myth
about -120 C steel is just an old wives tale, and has just wagered a week's pay
that the man is too much of a coward to test it himself.

Bonanza Jellybean: Quick, somebody shop shoggoths and/or The Thing into every photo

Or at least James Arness!!

Thanks Subby! I'm leaving for Antarctica in two weeks, this is good motivation.

stuhayes2010: Looking at these, I can't help but think we're loosing some image quality as we move away from film.

Wait, what?

You realise that these are digital images too.. right?

So does *everybody* get to go to Antarctica now? WTF? I wanna go.

stuhayes2010: "Looking at these, I can't help but think we're loosing some image quality as we move away from film."

A few observations:

1) As good quality digital cameras get better and better, the difference between a good digital camera and a film camera become more and more negligible.

2) Most of the very high-quality images you see in advertisements and pictorials taken by professionals are with digital SLRs.

3) As ViralMonkey pointed out, when you're looking at the images in the article, you're looking at digital images.

4) It's impossible to look at a small image like those in the article and get any idea of the true quality for comparison.

The film vs. digital argument was a good one a few years ago. Nowadays, not so much.