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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_-_(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 "Ponting cinematographing the bow of the")
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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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.jpg "The Second Western Party The Day They Were Picked Up By The Ship, 1912-1913 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 "Japanese Ladies Going to the Shrines, Nikko by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Happu Konno, The Hunter In Centre and Two Ainu Fishermen, 1910 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 "A Fisherman")
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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 "Three Views of the Dog Teams Led by Meares and Dimetri on the")
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.jpg "Fuji and the Pine Trees by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "In An Iris Garden by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Under the Purple Wistarias by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Cavern in an Iceberg; Scott")
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.jpg "A Priest of Buddha 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 Yomei Gate at Nikko by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Captain Oates by the Stable Door, from")
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.jpg "The Pines of Shizu-Ura by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Last Boat Leaves for the Ship, c1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Embroiderer by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr Wilson working up a sketch at Cape Evans, from")
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.jpg "The Indispensable Geisha, 1910 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 "Amida, The Buddha, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "At the Chrysanthemum Show by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "On Matsushima Bay by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Bronze Sculptor by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Terra Nova by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "An Old Feudal Castle from the Moat by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Two Miles Above the Clouds, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Passing the Lantern, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Picture-Book by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Kegon-No-Taki, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Public Bath at Kanawa by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Smoke and Steam Rising from Asama")
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.jpg "The Potter at His Wheel, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Geisha Dancing by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Nantai-Zan and Lake Chuzenji, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385324).jpg "The Deck of the Terra Nova by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Moonlight at Kiyomizu-Dera, 1910 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 "Writing A Letter by Herbert Ponting")
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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 "Mount Fuji by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Tenements, Winter Quarters, from")
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.jpg "Fuji from Three-Days-Moon Lake, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Shower in the Woods by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "My Dear! A Study at Nara by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Nara Pagoda 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 "Dr. Simpson Sending Up a Balloon by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Fuji from Nakano-Kura-Toge by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Ice castle, Antarctica 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 "Bed-Time in Japan, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr. Wilson and Dr. Atkinson Loading The Harpoon Gun by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Lieut. Bruce, 1911, 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Autumn at Miyanoshita by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Tree and the Wave by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Dr. Wilson and Lieut. Bowers Reading The Ramp Thermometer by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Frost-Smoke, 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Bamboo Avenue at Kyoto, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Petty Officers Crean and Evans Exercising Their Ponies in the Winter by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385323).jpg "The Terra Nova Icebound 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 "A Buddhist Abbot by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Lieut. Pennell with a Prismatic Compass, December 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Shooting the Rapids of the Katsura-Gawa by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "A Fortune-Teller at Inari Temple by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Oates and Meares at the Blubber Stove in the Stables, from")
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.jpg "The Ivory Carvers by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Peasant Women Heading Barley, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Nara, the Heart of Old Japan by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Petty Officer Edgar Evans, R.N. 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 "Vice-Admiral Kamimura and His Daughter Hoshiko by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "One of the Motor Sledges, 1911 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "The Hut After The Winter, c1911, 1913 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Fuji from Lake Motosu, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Ainu Man and Women at Home by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385314).jpg "The Last Rest by Herbert Ponting")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-385320).jpg "An Iceberg in Midsummer by Herbert Ponting")
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.jpg "Kameido, 1910 by Herbert Ponting")
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