Second edition hardback/paperback now available

  • Quest Autochromes – the full collection – now available in collectable catalogue

    The unique and beautiful colour photographs (autochromes) taken by George Hubert Wilkins on the Quest expedition are available to buy as high-quality limited-edition prints, made from ultra-high density digital scans of the original images. More information here: https://salto-ulbeek.com/publishing/the-autochromes-of-the-shackleton-rowett-quest-expedition-1921-1922-prints/     and here QC autochromes: https://questchronicle.org.uk/photographs/ Meanwhile, the Quest Autochrome Catalogue contains all 30 images in their original state,…

  • Quest crew’s cross unveiled in Dundee

    Monday 14 October 2024 The wooden cross that was erected in South Georgia in May 1922 by the men of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition has gone on permanent display at Discovery Point, Dundee. The cross topped the cairn built as a memorial to their late leader Ernest Shackleton, at Hope Point, the entrance to King Edward…

  • Exploring in Colour: an exhibition

    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…