A floating mountain of ice

A giant floating iceberg, which Sir Ernest Shackleton called "Rampart Berg," drifted alongside the Endurance ship for months during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

Publication date: 1917-01-28

Size: 19.1 x 23.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Weddell Sea (Antarctica)

Subject(s):

• Endurance (Ship)
• Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917
• Icebergs--1910-1920

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 28, 1917), Rotogravure Section, p. 3

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962

Contributor(s):

• Underwood & Underwood