When the old whaler Terra Nova left London harbor on June 1, 1910, the destination was the southern ice surface of the world. The leader of the expedition was none other than Robert Falcon Scott, who at the beginning of the voyage was already a British national hero and had the respect of English society through previous exploratory voyages. On board was a team of men whose worldview saw Antarctica as a natural fortress to be conquered and besieged. At the time, no one knew that few of the men would return to London and that this would be Scott's last voyage. Among them was the photographer Herbert George Ponting. The British photographer had already had an eventful life by this time. After leaving his childhood home in Salisbury, southern England, he tried his luck in California. The stories about the new country and the possibilities had captivated him, and so he bought an orchard in sunny California. Herbert Ponting was unable to realize his dream, returned to England and instead devoted himself to photography.
Ponting's talent lay in a narrative visual language. He was able to sell his first photographs to various magazines. The photographer took a liking to the combination of journalism and illustration and published a coffee table book of photographs he had collected in Japan. His experience and photographic talent brought him aboard the Terra Nova. The preferred medium Herbert Ponting used for his photographs was glass plates. Although photographic film had already been invented, he preferred to use the traditional technique for his photographs. In addition, he used a film camera that could record short sequences. Herbert Ponting was one of the oldest expedition members and spent a lot of time at base camp. Here he had set up a small darkroom. His motifs were the men in thick, chunky clothing, the horses and the unique continent with its white shores. Unique is a self-portrait that shows the photographer at work and is of exceptional quality in the windy and cold conditions.
Herbert Ponting did not participate in the race to the South Pole. He took one last photo of Scott as the team departed. He himself returned to England. He wanted to sort his photographic plates and prepare his photos so that Scott could use them for lectures when he returned. The expedition brought the participants to the brink of economic ruin. Scott was to return as a successful explorer and generate income by presenting the photographs. After Scott's death, Ponting returned to the Arctic once again and took more photographs. The photographer left behind unique photographs of a landscape that few people have seen in this state and that will never be the same again.
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385325).jpg "The Ramparts of Mt. Erebus by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Ramparts of Mount Erebus, c1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Ponting cinematographing the bow of the")
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.jpg "Scott, Wilson, Oates, Bowers and Evans at the South Pole by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Crest of Fuji by Herbert Ponting")
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 to the South Pole led by Captain Scott - (MeisterDrucke-157855).jpg "The officers of the")
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.jpg "Captain Oates on the Terra Nova with the Siberian Ponies by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Debenham, Gran, and Taylor in their Cubicle, 18 May 1911, 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385318).jpg "Dog Team Resting by an Iceberg by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Cave Carved Out of the Ice by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385322).jpg "A Grotto in an Iceberg by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Second Western Party The Day They Were Picked Up By The Ship, 1912-1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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_during_the_Terra_Nova_expedition_(1910-13)_to_the_Sout_-_(MeisterDrucke-385337).jpg "Captain Scott (1868-1912) during the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) to the South Pole by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Peasant Women Heading Barley, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr. Wilson Working Up The Sketch Which Is Given at P. 258, 1911, 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Last Boat Leaves for the Ship, c1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Pressure Ridge in the Sea-Ice Running Towards Cape Barne, 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Two Miles above the Clouds, \"Three-Days-Moon\" Lake from the Summit of Fuji by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "This Penguin Has an Industrious Mate by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Mount Erebus Over a Water-Worn Iceberg by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Petty Officer P. Keohane, January 1912 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Crew Unloading Ponies onto the Sea-Ice, from")
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.jpg "Bowers, Wilson, and Cherry-Garrard About to Leave for Cape Crozier by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Crew of the")
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.jpg "Captain R. F. Scott, R.N., Writing in His Diary by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Preparing sledges for the Winter journey, Forde, Lashly and Evans, from")
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.jpg "Lake Chuzenji, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Tenements, Winter Quarters, from")
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.jpg "Capt. Oates and Two of the Ponies on the Terra Nova, from")
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.jpg "Dr Wilson working up a sketch at Cape Evans, from")
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.jpg "Remarkable Cirrus Clouds Over The Barne Glacier by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Meares and Demetri at the Blubber Stove in the Discovery Hut, 3 November 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Captain Scott in his den at Winter Quarters, during the")
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.jpg "Dr. Simpson Sending Up a Balloon by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-954293).jpg "Japan in 1920s: Prayer Wheel and Buddhist Priest by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Whaleback Clouds Over Mount Erebus, c1910-1913, 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Buddhist Priest and Praying-Wheel by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Members of the Polar Party Getting Into Their Sleeping-Bags by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Great Bell at Chio-In Temple by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-993014).jpg "Japan in 1920s: Potter at work by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Biologist Lillie and Surgeon Levick Sorting a Trawl Catch on Board")
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.jpg "Captain Scott")
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.jpg "Approaching Storm on Lake Motosu by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Lt. Evans Surveying with the 4 Inch Theodolite Used to Locate the South Pole by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Midwinter Day Dinner, 22nd June by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Greetings in the Temple Grounds, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Proud Mother, c. 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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_t_-_(MeisterDrucke-385333).jpg "Captain Scott")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-953206).jpg "It was a black flag, the Norwegian flag. Amundsen was first at the pole by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Nantai-Zan and Lake Chuzenji, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Ponting developing a plate in the dark room, from")
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.jpg "Amida, The Buddha, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Moulting Penguin, c1911-1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Spray Ridges of Ice After a Blizzard by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Crew of the Terra Nova by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Weddell Seal Getting On To The Ice, November 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Painting Pottery for Export, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-954264).jpg "Nara, the Heart of Old Japan by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Ice castle, Antarctica by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Something of a Phenomenon - A Fresh-Water Cascade, c1910-1913, 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Wilson, Bowers, and Cherry-Garrard on Their Return from Cape Crozier, 1 August 1911, 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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_and_two_Ainu_Fishermen_(bw_photo)_-_(MeisterDrucke-976511).jpg "Happukonno, the Hunter (in centre), and two Ainu Fishermen by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-953205).jpg "Sledge and dogs, with Mount Erebus in background by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "An Adélie Penguin About To Dive by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Potter at His Wheel, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Fuji from Three-Days-Moon Lake, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Motor Party - left to right: Lashly, Day, Evans and Hooper from")
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.jpg "Petty Officer Edgar Evans during the")
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.jpg "Hut at Winter Quarters, from")
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_to_th_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010139).jpg "Captain Scott Writing His Diary, During the")
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_to_the_South_Pole_led_by_Captai_-_(MeisterDrucke-968948).jpg "Dr. Wilson of the")
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.jpg "Unloading One of the Motorised Sledges onto the Sea-Ice, from")
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.jpg "David Lille, Biologist of the")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-954158).jpg "Bedtime in Japan by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Shower in the Woods by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Lieut. H. R. Bowers - Birdie by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Commander Evans Observing an Occultation of Jupiter, from")
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_from_Scotts_Last_-_(MeisterDrucke-310370).jpg "The Main Party at Cape Evans After the Winter 1911 (incl Scott) by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "On Matsushima Bay by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Hut After The Winter, c1911, 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Captain Scott Writing His Diary in the Hut at Cape Evans by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-993015).jpg "Japan in 1920s: Lake Kawaguchi by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "In Lotus-Land, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Bronze Sculptor by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Fuji and the Shira-Ito Waterfall, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Captain Scott Writing Up His Journal by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Winter Quarters at Cape Evans by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Ski Shoes For Use with Finnesko by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Seals Basking on Newly Formed Pancake Ice Off Cape Evans by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Ice Castle at the End of Winter Filmed During the English Expedition to the Antarctic by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-954154).jpg "The Cryptomerias Avenue at Nikko by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Captain Scott in His Den at Winter Quarters by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A flashlight photograph of Dr Wilson and Lt Bowers reading the Ramp thermometer. The temperature was 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-995529).jpg "Captain Scott Before His Final March South by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385321).jpg "The Freezing of the Sea by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Fuji at Sunrise (1910) by Herbert Ponting")
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