Robert A. McCabe’s 1959 Journey to Antarctica (photos)

Robert A. McCabe published a book of photos from his 1959 expedition to Antarctica and this essay shows a selection of the photographs. Not only are they really fantastic photographs but Antarctica 50 years later is still a frontier most people will never cross. Probably for the good, lots has changed since then in terms of what visitors can and can’t do to impact or interact with the place. It’s pretty funny to see the people in the photos picking up, posing and generally man-handling penguins and seals. Well, funny in that it seems like it was innocent enough.

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