Twenty-Two 100-Year-old Photo Negatives rescued from ice-buried grave in Antarctic

[Keys]

[b]Via the [url=http://petapixel.com/2013/12/27/100-year-old-box-exposed-negatives-discovered-conservators-antarctica/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_campaign=Feed:+PetaPixel+(PetaPixel)&utm_content=bufferaeae1&utm_medium=twitter]PetaPixel[/url][/b]

[quote]Almost one hundred years after a group of explorers set out across the frozen landscape of Antarctica to set up supply depots for famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, a box of 22 never-before-seen exposed but unprocessed negatives taken by the group’s photographer has been unearthed in one of those shacks, preserved in a block of ice.[/quote]

The New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust is still trying to figure out who the author of the photographs was and to which expedition they belonged to.

As it stands; They believe the photographer to possibly be [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Spencer-Smith]Arnold Patrick Spencer-Smith[/url] who's expedition was sent down to the Antarctic to establish Supply Depots for [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Ernest_Shackleton]Sir Ernest Shackleton[/url]. It is believed their expedition went astray when their boat drifted out to sea during a particularly fierce blizzard in 1922. Three members, including Arnold Spencer-Smith, perished on [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Island]the Island[/url] they were stranded on before help could arrive.

Crazy cool, the last of their legacy;

[b]Some of the Photos which the NZAHT has painstakingly developed:[/b]
The rest can be found here: [url=http://www.nzaht.org/AHT/antarctic-photos/]New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust[/url]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/GNyNB6j.gif[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/2Avem7I.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/PQBPgFD.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/I3i6QXb.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/QWJoeBE.jpg[/img]

[BuffaloBill]

This is beyond amazing, holy fuck. I want to see all of them.

[God of Ashes]

that's pretty fuckin eerie

[redBadger]

Seeing never before seen history like this is really cool.

[Keys]

I guess the NZAHT site is currently having overload issues. I don't know if a lot of folks are trying to view those pictures and all of a sudden the site can't handle the traffic or what- But keep checking to see the rest; there were some neat ones in there when I first got into it. But I only got to really check out a couple before it started an infinite-load.

[MrBob1337]

[QUOTE=Keys;43361862]I guess the NZAHT site is currently having overload issues. I don't know if a lot of folks are trying to view those pictures and all of a sudden the site can't handle the traffic or what- But keep checking to see the rest; there were some neat ones in there when I first got into it. But I only got to really check out a couple before it started an infinite-load.[/QUOTE]

Or one of them shows something beyond human comprehension, and the site has been cordoned off to protect humanity. :tinfoil:

[PN_Redux]

It's cool to see how well preserved they are to the point that they can still have them be developed.

[Desuh]

Shame they had to add those hipster filters to them.

[Jo The Shmo]

when i first read the title i thought it meant 22,100 year old negatives somehow

[Sgt-NiallR]

[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;43362024]when i first read the title i thought it meant 22,100 year old negatives somehow[/QUOTE]

A headline with that would probably have been in capitals; exciting stuff always is. No one would type:
"Aliens steal Obama during speech".

[dai]

[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;43362024]when i first read the title i thought it meant 22,100 year old negatives somehow[/QUOTE]

fixed, multiple numbers all in numerals is always buggy to read

[Keys]

[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;43362024]when i first read the title i thought it meant 22,100 year old negatives somehow[/QUOTE]

Haha, i didn't even pick up on that.

Thanks [i]dai[/i].

[TheHydra]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/PQBPgFD.jpg[/img]

100-year-old evidence of aliens uncovered???

[Riller]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OlPrKKo.png[/IMG]

This guy has seen some shit, man.

[Griff]

[QUOTE=Riller;43362588][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OlPrKKo.png[/IMG]

This guy has seen some shit, man.[/QUOTE]

He looks like the aliens from They Live!
Or he has a real bad eye infection
[sp]or its goggles[/sp]

[snookypookums]

[QUOTE=TheHydra;43362541][img]http://i.imgur.com/PQBPgFD.jpg[/img]

100-year-old evidence of aliens uncovered???[/QUOTE]

More like proof of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness"]this[/URL], really. Brace yourself for six foot tall blind penguins.

[Doom14]

It's obviously a viral marketing attempt for Cryostasis 2.
[t]http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2010/286/7/e/cryostasis__alexander_nesterov_by_gausswerks-d30pdzu.jpg[/t]

But nah, that's actually really cool. I still can't shake a slightly eerie feeling from really old photos though, mostly knowing that everyone in them is long since dead.

[Interrobang]

[QUOTE=Riller;43362588][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OlPrKKo.png[/IMG]

This guy has seen some shit, man.[/QUOTE]

That is fucking creepy.

[jnxn_]

[QUOTE=Arthamus;43362863]That is fucking creepy.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I noticed that, the sheer age of these photos is what makes it that much more eerie.

[editline]31st December 2013[/editline]

The silhouette on the left of the man in the middle is pretty weird looking, too.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/2Avem7I.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.cubeupload.com/PCkmqC.png[/img]

[Griff]

[QUOTE=snookypookums;43362804]More like proof of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness"]this[/URL], really. Brace yourself for six foot tall blind penguins.[/QUOTE]

Tekeli-Li!

[Wappen]

I don't believe this, this is incredible.

[CloseShave113]

Fake, why would there be a ufo ?
[IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/2qau7b4.png[/IMG]

[Dark RaveN]

[QUOTE=CloseShave113;43363034]Fake, why would there be a ufo ?
[IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/2qau7b4.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]

Are you serious, this is just the damaged part of the photo :v:

[dai]

[QUOTE=Arthamus;43362863][QUOTE=Riller;43362588][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OlPrKKo.png[/IMG]

This guy has seen some shit, man.[/QUOTE]

That is fucking creepy.[/QUOTE]

blistering cold winds and blinding white everything, sunglasses and/or protective goggles would be a pretty standard thing to wear

[img]http://i.imgur.com/5LtH8D0.png[/img]

[Aj]

Woo new zealand

[Grenadiac]

I always like to see large sailing ships in old photographs because they are magnificent. It's a shame so few are still in existence, nevermind seaworthy, especially ones that participated in expeditions like this.

[Keys]

[QUOTE=teh pirate;43363421]I always like to see large sailing ships in old photographs because they are magnificent. It's a shame so few are still in existence, nevermind seaworthy, especially ones that participated in expeditions like this.[/QUOTE]

You'd actually be pretty surprised. There are a few dozen still in existence, pale in comparison to times of olde, but nevertheless they still sail the seas! Even congregate together in yearly celebrations and boat races.

I actually hope to try and sail with one, one day; [url=http://www.barkeuropa.com/]The Bark Europa[/url]. Magnificent forms of transportation! The Europa even does frequent Antarctic ventures.