+"Grytviken South Georgia" +1922 stock footage and images

Logbook of ship Quest on death of Ernest Shackleton; his burial and gravesite in Grytviken, South Georgia.

A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Clip opens with view of cover of ship log book for the Quest. A few frames of the clip show the logbook entry for January 5, 1922 indicating the sudden death of Ernest Shackleton from heart failure and notes about the attending physician, Macklin. Scene changes to show the grave of Ernest Shackleton in Grytviken, South Georgia Island. Crew members approaching and gathered around the grave site of Shackleton on a snow covered field. A wreath at the grave.