Keywords: StateLibQld 1 242813 Frank Hurley's photograph of the Endurance being crushed by the ice in Antarctica, 1915.jpg en Frank Hurley's photograph of the Endurance being crushed by the ice in Antarctica 1915 James Francis Hurley was born in Sydney in 1885 and by the early 1900's became interested in photography He earned a reputation for the quality of his photography and the risks he took in securing his images He joined a number of Antarctic expeditions as the official photographer the most famous photographs being captured in November 1915 This photograph captured Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship the Endurance slowly being crushed by the ice in the Weddell Sea Frank Hurley later became an official war photographer attached to the Australian Imperial Forces in the Middle East and France 1915-11-01 handle 10462/deriv/119626 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Ships of Australia Rigging 1915 in Australia Black and white photographs |