Captain Worsley standing by a large pressure ridge

A view of one of the many pressure ridges lifted above the level of the ice floe. Captain Frank Worsley can be seen standing to one side looking up that ridge. Hurley used him to illustrate the size of ice hummocks and pressure ridges.

Object Details

ID: P8
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hurley, James Francis
Events: Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916
Date made: circa August 1915
People: Worsley, Frank Arthur
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 84 mm x 108 mm