Shackleton's Fedora
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Shackleton's Fedora
I know this is off-topic for Indy, but as this is about an adventurer with a fedora, and I genuinly want to know, please don't kill me straight away...
While watching Brannagh's Shackleton I noticed that he wore a fedora quite a lot during the expedition.
Does anybody know if there are any pictures out there of Earnest Shackleton wearing his fedora on Antartica, and does anybody know what type of fedore he was actually wearing?
Thanks guys.
While watching Brannagh's Shackleton I noticed that he wore a fedora quite a lot during the expedition.
Does anybody know if there are any pictures out there of Earnest Shackleton wearing his fedora on Antartica, and does anybody know what type of fedore he was actually wearing?
Thanks guys.
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You piqued my curiosity so I went hunting for you and found these
http://photographoftheday.blogspot.com/ ... frank.html
I found no info on who the maker was though.
http://photographoftheday.blogspot.com/ ... frank.html
I found no info on who the maker was though.
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You can see some more details in this one:
It's from the Royal Geographical Society's website. http://images.rgs.org/search_.aspx?personInPhotoID=9
It's from the Royal Geographical Society's website. http://images.rgs.org/search_.aspx?personInPhotoID=9
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If you get your hands on the illustrated version of Alfred Lansing's "Endurance", you will find that both Shackleton and Wild wore fedoras on the expedition. You can see one of both of them in hats on page 87 and another on 93. There is one of Shackelton on pg. 141 at which point his fedora has completely lost its bash, if it is even the same hat. After Shackleton left on the James Caird, there are no more photos of him in since the photographer stayed behind on Elephant Island.
There is one more photo at the back of the book, but that photo makes be believe that it was a totally different hat than the fedora in the dog photo. I think the shot with the dog is the only photo from the expedition that shows him in that fedora.
By the way, if you haven't read the book, treat yourself. It is amazing.
There is one more photo at the back of the book, but that photo makes be believe that it was a totally different hat than the fedora in the dog photo. I think the shot with the dog is the only photo from the expedition that shows him in that fedora.
By the way, if you haven't read the book, treat yourself. It is amazing.
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Going off on a related tangent I can recommend Ranulph Feinnes' Scott as an excellent book about Scott's expedition to the south pole, written with the insight of someone who has himself endured those hardships. it puts the denegrating armchair 'polar experts' soundly in their place.maboot38 wrote:If you get your hands on the illustrated version of Alfred Lansing's "Endurance", you will find that both Shackleton and Wild wore fedoras on the expedition. You can see one of both of them in hats on page 87 and another on 93. There is one of Shackelton on pg. 141 at which point his fedora has completely lost its bash, if it is even the same hat. After Shackleton left on the James Caird, there are no more photos of him in since the photographer stayed behind on Elephant Island.
There is one more photo at the back of the book, but that photo makes be believe that it was a totally different hat than the fedora in the dog photo. I think the shot with the dog is the only photo from the expedition that shows him in that fedora.
By the way, if you haven't read the book, treat yourself. It is amazing.
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Here's an interesting link that starts out with a picture of E. Shackleton waiving his hat. It also has some recent color photos of the expedition's hut preserved in the cold.
http://www.polartrec.com/node/228
http://www.polartrec.com/node/228
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Yeah, they don't hold up your pants, and apparently you can only put them on your head. See this thread for details:
viewtopic.php?t=37353
viewtopic.php?t=37353
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Re: Shackleton's Fedora
Just because you didn't ask, here's something non-hat related about Shackleton.
http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=48137
http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=48137
Re: Shackleton's Fedora
I found a close-up of Shackleton wearing the fedora in the previous picture, pulling off the Steve Delk look quite nicely .
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Re: Shackleton's Fedora
Nice one, Ian.Ian wrote:I found a close-up of Shackleton wearing the fedora in the previous picture, pulling off the Steve Delk look quite nicely .
Ian
Thanks!
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Re: Shackleton's Fedora
I think he wore a Christy's and an HJ, but was on the waiting list for an ABD...