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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385318).jpg "Dog Team Resting by an Iceberg by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385322).jpg "A Grotto in an Iceberg by Herbert Ponting")
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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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.jpg "The Ramparts of Mount Erebus, c1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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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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.jpg "The Second Western Party The Day They Were Picked Up By The Ship, 1912-1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Public Bath at Kanawa by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Ice castle, Antarctica by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "One of the Motor Sledges, 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Penguins Diving, c1911, 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Berg Calving from a Glacier at Cape Crozier by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Nantai-Zan and Lake Chuzenji, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "An Arab Dancing Horse, Udaipur, India by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Mount Erebus Over a Water-Worn Iceberg by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Chief Stoker Lashly Who received the Albert Medal, 1911, 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "An Old Feudal Castle from the Moat by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Nara, the Heart of Old Japan by Herbert Ponting")
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_to_the_South_Pole_-_(MeisterDrucke-385328).jpg "Petty Officer Evans during the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) to the South Pole by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "E. W. Nelson with the Nansen-Petersen Insulated Water-Bottle by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr Wilson working up a sketch at Cape Evans, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-995535).jpg "Grotto in an Iceberg; Terra Nova in the Distance by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "An Adélie Penguin About To Dive by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Ivory Carvers by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Petty Officer Crean Who Received the Albert Medal by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Fuji from Lake Motosu, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Proud Mother, c. 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Bed-Time in Japan, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Shower in the Woods 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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.jpg "A Shinto Priest, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "C. H. Meares and Osman, The Leader of the Dogs, 28 August 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr. Simpson at the Unifilar Magnetometer, 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Tenements, Winter Quarters, from")
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.jpg "D. G. Lillie, with Some of the Siliceous Sponges by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-954151).jpg "The Embroiderer by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-993009).jpg "Amida, the Buddha 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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.jpg "Petty Officer Edgar Evans during the")
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.jpg "The Old Torii at Miyajima by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Greetings in the Temple Grounds, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Terra Nova at the Ice Foot, Cape Evans by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Moulting Penguin, c1911-1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Holy Crater of Fuji-San, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Commander Evans Observing an Occultation of Jupiter, from")
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.jpg "Happu Konno, The Hunter In Centre and Two Ainu Fishermen, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr. Wilson and Lieut. Bowers Reading The Ramp Thermometer by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-993015).jpg "Japan in 1920s: Lake Kawaguchi by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Tide-Crack at Razorback Island, 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "In An Iris Garden by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Priest of Buddha by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Doctor Wilson by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Captain L. E. G. Oates by the Stable Door, 30 August 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-954148).jpg "Reflections by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Hotel Across The Lake, Shoji, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Summer Time - The Ice Opening Up 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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.jpg "Frost-Smoke, 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Motor Party Left to right - Lashly, B.C. Day, Lieut. Evans, Hooper, October 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Albatrosses Foraging in the Wake of the Terra Nova, c. 1910-1913, 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Fuji from Nakano-Kura-Toge by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Ski Shoes For Use with Finnesko by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Vice-Admiral Kamimura and His Daughter Hoshiko 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 "Fuji from Nishi-No-Umi by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Heavy Pack in which the Ship Was Held Up by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "An Ice Grotto - Tent Island in Distance Captain Scott and Wright by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Amida, The Buddha, 1910 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 "Finnesko with Crampons by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "En Deshabille, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Barne Glacier: A Crevasse With A Thin Snow Bridge by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "C. H. Meares, January 1912 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Lieut. Evans Observing an Occultation of Jupiter, 8 June 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "My Dear! A Study at Nara by Herbert Ponting")
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