100-year-old negatives that were never developed were found buried in a small box in Antarctica. These negatives were found in a hut used by the Ross Sea Party which set out to establish a series of supply depots across the Great Ice Barrier from the Ross Sea to the Beardmore Glacier for the famous explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton during 1910-1913.
The group who took these photographs was stranded in the hut during a blizzard, later rescued, but the box containing the 22 never-seen-before negatives remained buried until now.
New Zealand’s Antarctic Heritage Trust stumbled upon these 22 exposed but unprocessed negatives during an attempt to restore old exploration hut. As you can imagine, the negatives weren’t in the best of shape when they were found, but a Wellington photography conservator took the time to painstakingly process and restore them until they revealed their secrets. [via petapixel]
Source: Antarctic Heritage Trust
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