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The Library has recently acquired a journal recording the first Russian Antarctic expedition in 1819-21.
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Frank Hurley, 'Steaming through light pack-ice, passage is very slow, some hundreds of miles were passed through, [Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911 - 1914]', nla.obj-141792618
A new title from NLA Publishing combines daily snapshots from Australian photographic pioneer Frank Hurley’s Antarctic diaries into a moving documentary poetry collage.
Australians have long been tempted by the lure of the ice to the south. Our Antarctic stories are filled with mystery, exploration, adventure, ground-breaking science, tragedy, and triumph.
