Shackleton Museum Autumn School : 8-10 November 2024, Athy, Ireland During the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition of 1921-1922, George Hubert Wilkins made a series of colour photographs, or autochromes.  These images depict Quest, landscapes of South Georgia and its whaling stations, and the Shackleton memorial cairn at Grytviken with the “Hope Cross” on the day of its…

The wreck of RYS Quest, the historic vessel of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition of 1921-1922, has been found in the Labrador Sea off the coast of Newfoundland, near to its recorded sinking location. On Sunday 9 June 2024, Quest was found lying reasonably intact at a depth of just less than 400 metres, by a mission…

George Hubert Wilkins made a collection of colour photographs during the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition.  These used the autochrome process which at the time was the only practical colour photo process of any quality. As exposure times are long, and black and white and cine photography had a higher priority, Wilkins did not get around to exposing…