British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909. Southern Party on board the Nimrod (Wild, Shackleton, Marshall and Adams), 4 March, 1909

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Eric Stewart Marshall (1879-1963)
British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909. Southern Party on board the Nimrod (Wild, Shackleton, Marshall and Adams), 4 March, 1909
numbered '2972C' and '1737 1738' on the plate
whole-plate glass negative
6 3/8 x 8 7/16in. (16.2 x 21.3cm.)

來源

Eric Stewart Marshall (1878-1963), by whom given to his godson.

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拍品專文

The famous image of the four members of the southern party taken on the Nimrod shortly after their return from their Farthest South. Shackelton estimated they had travelled, including relaying and back marches, 1,755 miles and 209 yards. Shackleton and Wild had struggled back to the hut weeks overdue. They had left Adams and Marshall (Marshall suffering from paralysis of the stomach and dysentery) on the Barrier on 28 February and returned to base to find a message reporting the news that the Nimrod had picked up all the other parties and would shelter under Glacier Tongue until 26 February. They eventually managed to signal the ship the following day and were picked up: '... at 11 A.M. on March 1 we were on board the Nimrod and once more safe amongst friends. ... They had given us up for lost, and a search-party had been going to start that day in the hope of finding some trace of us.' Adams and Marshall were picked up and all were safe on board at 1 a.m. on 4 March, the present photograph presumably shot that night.