These Unreal Photos From Shackleton's 1914 Antarctic Expedition Are Some Of The Earliest Color Photographs

Beginning on August 8, 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton led a crew of 27 Englishmen to Antarctica in an attempt to make the first land crossing. The expedition almost didn't happen, as Shackleton offered his ships, stores, and services to his country the night before World War I began, but the Royal Navy and First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill wanted the journey proceed. Australian photographer Frank Hurley brought 40 pounds of color-photo equipment on the onerous journey and would have to ...