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Lost Arctic Photos Open Window Back in Time to Age of Exploration

From PRI (Opens in new window) and WNYC (Opens in new window)
The negatives, recovered by the trust in 2013, have been painstakingly conserved to reveal never-before-seen Antarctic images.
The negatives, recovered by the trust in 2013, have been painstakingly conserved to reveal never-before-seen Antarctic images. (Antarctic Heritage Trust)
One of the newly-discovered photographs found in Scott’s 1911 Terra Nova hut by conservators. The photo was taken from the deck of the Aurora looking South to Hut Point Peninsula
One of the newly-discovered photographs found in Scott’s 1911 Terra Nova hut by conservators. The photo was taken from the deck of the Aurora looking South to Hut Point Peninsula (Antarctic Heritage Trust)
This photo of Alexander Stevens, Chief Scientist, on board the Aurora as part of Ernest Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party (1914-1917), had never been seen before December, 2013.
This photo of Alexander Stevens, Chief Scientist, on board the Aurora as part of Ernest Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party (1914-1917), had never been seen before December, 2013. (Antarctic Heritage Trust)
Ross Sea Party member Alexander Stevens, Shackleton’s Chief Scientist, standing on-board the Aurora.
Ross Sea Party member Alexander Stevens, Shackleton’s Chief Scientist, standing on-board the Aurora. (Antarctic Heritage Trust)
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