Frank Hurley

Frank Hurley with his cinematograph on South Georgia The man behind almost every other photo here, standing in the tussock grass with the movie camera on its tripod and a plate box at his feet. It survives as a Paget plate, the early color process Hurley used on the expedition, which is why the grass and his sweater keep their color. Seeing him at work explains the rest of the gallery: these pictures were made by a crew member carrying heavy equipment, not by an outsider.