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 "The Crest of Fuji 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 "Captain Oates on the Terra Nova with the Siberian Ponies by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Cave Carved Out of the Ice 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 Second Western Party The Day They Were Picked Up By The Ship, 1912-1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385322).jpg "A Grotto in an Iceberg 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 "Vice-Admiral Kamimura and His Daughter Hoshiko by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Bed-Time in Japan, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385316).jpg "Adelie Penguins at Cape Royds by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Penguins Diving, c1911, 1913 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 "A Berg Breaking Up in the Pack by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-954269).jpg "Higashi Hongwanji Temple, Kyoto 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 "In Lotus-Land, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Indispensable Geisha, 1910 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1012405).jpg "In a Lotus Garden by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Shower in the Woods by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Terra Nova in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "In Winter Quarters Working on Maps and Records, 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 "The Last Boat Leaves for the Ship, c1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Tea on the Hills and Rice on the Plains by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Main Party at Cape Evans After The Winter by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Furling Sail in the Pack, c1910-1913 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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.jpg "On the Summit of an Iceberg by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Fuji from Lake Motosu, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr. Wilson Watching the First Rays of Sunlight Being Recorded by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Pair of Adélie Penguins, 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr. Simpson Sending Up a Balloon 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 "The Depot Laying and Western Parties on Their Return to Cape Evans by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Castle Berg at the End of the Winter by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Greetings in the Temple Grounds, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Pancake Ice Forming Into Floes Off Cape Evans, c1910-1913, 1913 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 Barrier and Mount Terror by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Captain Scott Wearing The Wallet in Which He Carried His Sledging Journals by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Crew of the Terra Nova by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Yomei Gate at Nikko by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "On Tokyo Bay by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Officers of the Terra Nova, 1912 Voyage by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Kinkakuji The Golden Pavilion by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Mount Fuji by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Unloading One of the Motorised Sledges onto the Sea-Ice, from")
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.jpg "Captain Oates and Ponies on the Terra Nova by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Weddell Seal About to Dive at West Beach, Cape Evans, Antarctica, 1911 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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.jpg "Fuji from Three-Days-Moon Lake, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr. Simpson at the Unifilar Magnetometer, 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Midwinter Day Dinner, 22nd June by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1012126).jpg "Homeward bound by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr. Atkinson in his Laboratory, 15 September 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Return of the Sun by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Entering McMurdo Sound - Cape Bird and Mount Erebus by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Remarkable Cirrus Clouds Over The Barne Glacier by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Waterfall of Falling Jewels at Yumoto, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Moulting Penguin, c1911-1913 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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