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Deck of the SY Aurora, Weddlell sea, Australian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1912

from State Library of New South Wales

  • clive422 said:
    "Stored" is an ambitious expression here! It's interesting to see mawson's dogs in this shot, too.
    Great picture.
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    clive422 👍
  • Merryjack said:
    The sheep-skins were useful.
    "On March 8 the blizzard died away and a good day followed. All hands joined in building a solid stone outside of the Magnetograph House. This piece of work, in which thirty tons of rock were utilized, was completed on the following day. The wall reached almost to the roof on every side. The unprotected roof was lagged with sacks and sheep–skins and, after this had been effected, the hut became practically wind–tight. The external covering controlled the influx of cold from the penetrating winds, and, on the other hand, the conduction of the sun’s warmth in summer. Thus a steady temperature was maintained; a most desirable feature in a magnetograph house. Webb had the instruments set up in a few days, and they were working before the end of the month."
    The Home of the Blizzard
    by Sir Douglas Mawson (1915)
    www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/history/exploratio...

    On dogs:
    "Several families were born at this time, but although we did everything possible for them they all perished, except one; the offspring of Gadget. This puppy was called ‘Blizzard’. It was housed for a while in the veranda and, later on, in the Hangar. Needless to say, Blizzard was a great favourite and much in demand as a pet."
    op.cit.

Aurora traversing loose pack ice entering the Durville Sea, Dec. 1913

from State Library of New South Wales

  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • j said:
    :O ganial
  • Hollow Cake said:
    brilliant!
  • Sara said:
    Impresionante!
  • Copper Kettle said:
    Первая Австралазийская Антарктическая Экспедиция 1911-1914 Судно "Аврора".
  • amy buxton said:
    It looks like the ship is sailing through the clouds. Beautiful shot.

Earth Aurora (Auroral X-ray emission observed from Earth's north polar region.)

from Smithsonian Institution

  • Picture Esk said:
    I have not seen an auroral event as viewed from space before, very interesting. But if the aurora is a product of the Earth's magnetic field, would it not have been better to have superimposed the image on a plan of the Earth showing the magnetic north pole? Your image shows lines of longitude and latitude from the geographic north pole. If the magnetic north pole was added to the image, then the pattern of the aurora would make more sense, as it appears to lie in an arc at a constant radius from the pole.
  • Kimberly Arcand said:
    Thanks for the interesting suggestion. It certainly makes sense from the viewpoint of scientific explanation to do this, but from an esthetic viewpoint we like to limit the number of labels or artificial elements in our main images. As it is, the image of the Earth shown here is simulated. Kim for Chandra. cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
  • monophysite57-zzz said:
    Fascinating.