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 "The Crest of Fuji 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 "Captain Oates on the Terra Nova with the Siberian Ponies by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385318).jpg "Dog Team Resting by an Iceberg 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 "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 "Two Miles above the Clouds, \"Three-Days-Moon\" Lake from the Summit of Fuji by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr Wilson working up a sketch at Cape Evans, from")
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.jpg "E. W. Nelson with the Nansen-Petersen Insulated Water-Bottle 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 "Cherry-Blossom Time in Japan, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Barrier and Mount Terror 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 "Meares with Osman, leader of the dogs (from")
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.jpg "Preparing sledges for the Winter journey, Forde, Lashly and Evans, from")
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.jpg "A Public Bath at Kanawa by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Tenements, Winter Quarters, from")
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.jpg "Remarkable Cirrus Clouds Over The Barne Glacier by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-995535).jpg "Grotto in an Iceberg; Terra Nova in the Distance by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Shower in the Woods by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Prince and Princess Ito of Japan and their family by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Motor Party - left to right: Lashly, Day, Evans and Hooper from")
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.jpg "Oates & Meares at the Blubber Stove in the Stables by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-975721).jpg "Japan in 1920s: Tokyo, Kameido by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "On Tokyo Bay by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Cape Crozier: The End of the Great Ice Barrier by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Commander Evans Observing an Occultation of Jupiter, from")
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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 Crew of the")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1031625).jpg "At the Chrysanthemum Show by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Captain Oates by the Stable Door, from")
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.jpg "At the Chrysanthemum Show by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Last Boat Leaves for the Ship, c1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Captain Scott Writing Up His Journal by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr. Wilson and Pony Nobby by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Evans binding up Dr Atkinson")
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_to_the_South_Pole_(bromide_-_(MeisterDrucke-385330).jpg "Capt. Oates during the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-13) to the South Pole by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Proud Mother, c. 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Unloading One of the Motorised Sledges onto the Sea-Ice, from")
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.jpg "The Stables in Winter by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Peasant Women Heading Barley, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "This Penguin Has an Industrious Mate 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 "The Ha-Kei-Tei Inn and Garden at Hikone 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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_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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_-_(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 "Midwinter Day Dinner, 22nd June by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Petty Officer Crean Who Received the Albert Medal by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Petty Officer Edgar Evans during the")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-954293).jpg "Japan in 1920s: Prayer Wheel and Buddhist Priest by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Mount Erebus Over a Water-Worn Iceberg by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Castle Berg 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 "Dr. Atkinson in his Laboratory, 15 September 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-976518).jpg "At Iris Garden at Hori-kiri 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 "Greetings in the Temple Grounds, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Men outside a cave carved out of the ice during an expedition to Antarctica by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Telephotograph of the Mount Lister Scarp, 10 February 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Fuji at Sunrise (1910) by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-993014).jpg "Japan in 1920s: Potter at work by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Cavern in an Iceberg; Scott")
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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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-976513).jpg "Meditation, a Study at Gamman-ga-Fuchi, Nikko by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Buddhist Priest and Praying-Wheel by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr. Simpson Sending Up a Balloon by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Crew Unloading Ponies onto the Sea-Ice, from")
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.jpg "The Great Bell at Chio-In Temple by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Under the Purple Wistarias by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-992700).jpg "Japan in 1920s: Fuji, Japan")
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.jpg "Captain Scott in His Den by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-995532).jpg "The Southern Party by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Nara Pagoda by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Approaching Storm on Lake Motosu by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Terra Nova in McMurdo Sound, c1910-1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Ponting developing a plate in the dark room, from")
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.jpg "A Moulting Penguin, c1911-1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Study by the Shoji by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Hikone by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1031511).jpg "Ice Bastions of the Castle Berg by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Captain R. F. Scott, R.N., Writing in His Diary by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr. Simpson in his Laboratory, 21 December 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Captain Scott")
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.jpg "The Relief of the Western Party by the Terra Nova, 18 February 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "An Adélie Penguin About To Dive by Herbert Ponting")
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