100 years Antarctic negatives found in ice

[_goodtimez]

So now we know the best way to keep film is in the deep freezer:

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/28/world/antarctic-historic-photos/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

 

[35mmdelux]

"It's unknown who took the photos".....may I suggest the ships PHOTOGRAPHER as a likely candidate!

 

[Sparrow]

Amazing they were unprocessed and the image still rendered after 100 years.

"It's unknown who took the photos".....may I suggest perhaps the ships PHOTOGRAPHER as a likely candidate. It's not like they had Leicas and anybody could set the exposure.

Frank Hurley, if it was the 1914 expedition

 

[jarski]

fascinating story! thanks for sharing.

 

[Rodchenko]

Astonishing.

 

[john_s]

The way I read it, the negs had been developed long ago.

 

[dct]

This item found its way in our local newspaper too:
http://www.20min.ch/wissen/news/story/Uralte-Negative-im-Ewigen-Eis-entdeckt-22870631
It is discussed the images could have been shot by Arnold Spencer-Smith, last minute photographer and pastor of the Aurora expedition.