Lecture slides.

149 direct positive glass lantern slides (approximately 72 cracked). 83 x 83mm. In the original wooden boxes labelled by Brocklehurst. 1907-

At just nineteen, and thanks to a large contribution to the expedition's finances, Brocklehurst became the youngest member of Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09. He served as assistant geologist, surveyor and photographer. Frostbitten toes which were later amputated prevented him from completing the ascent of Mt Erebus, yet he still accompanied subsequent excursions to explore the Taylor Valley and Ferrar glacier.

This collection of slides shows life in the Antarctic from a number of different perspectives. Natural history is well represented with several slides of Adelie penguins, the subject of Levick's famous study, and pictures of seals and killer whales. Camp sites are depicted as are shots of the party at work, mostly engaged in scientific activity. The collection is rounded off with several self-portraits as well as images of Frank Oates, Shackleton and a light-hearted portrait of George Marston in drag primed for a theatrical performance.

Although the majority of images here are taken from the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09, the remaining slides (by and after Hurley, Ponting et al) depict scenes from the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-13, Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 and the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17. In a sense, this collection provides a visual overview of three key expeditions in the heroic period of Antarctic exploration and includes some of its most famous images, many of which appeared in Shackleton's accounts: Heart of the Antarctic and South.

Stock Code: 194152