A Photographer's Antarctic Odyssey

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 7, 2010

Photographer Robert McCabe describes going on an expedition to the South Pole in 1959, when he was a 24-year-old photojournalist on assignment. DeepFreeze! A Photographer's Antarctic Odyssey in the Year 1959 includes a narrative of his journey and 87 of his black-and-white photographs, including the Antarctic landscape, aerial shots, young adventurers, and the wildlife.

An exhibition of Robert McCabe's photographs will be on view at James Cummins Bookseller
699 Madison Avenue, between 62nd and 63rd Streets
December 9—January 14

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