![]() ![]() ![]() Hurley reportedly had an early taste for danger, gaining a reputation for putting himself at risk in order to achieve spectacular images such as situating himself on railroad tracks to capture oncoming trains on film. He eventually became a self-taught photographer, setting himself up in the picture-postcard business. Hurley, an Australian, had run away from home at age 13 and worked at a steel mill and dockyards before returning to study at the local technical school and attend science lectures at the University of Sydney. Distinguishing this book are 140 photographs taken by Frank Hurley, the expedition's photo documentarian. ![]() They reveal as much about the writers as they do about their colleagues (names are named) and since the majority of the crew kept journals of some kind, their collective writings describe the group dynamic comprehensively. Many of the crew's diary entries are juicy, opinionated, and humorous. The text is a product of deep research, contact with families of the expedition members, and access to documents and diaries which, according to the author, were safeguarded for many years. Following Lansing by 39 years and the expedition itself by 84, Alexander elaborates further on the crew's personalities, interactions, and ordeals. Shackleton aficionados seeking a companion piece to Alfred Lansing's classic Endurance will find great satisfaction in Caroline Alexander's book, The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. ![]()
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