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IMAGO International History, Herbert Ponting Archive, Antarctic Expeditions, Robert Falcon Scott, Terra Nova Expedition 1910-1913

Apr 4, 2026

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  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Captain Oates, on the Terra Nova with the Siberian Ponies, c1911, (1914). British Antarctic explorer Lawrence Titus Oates (1880-1912) with expedition ponies and dogs. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, leader of the Terra Nova Expedition, together with Oates and two others, reached the geographic South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that the Norwegian expedition under Amundsen had beaten them to their objective by a month. Oates, suffering from gangrene and frostbite, walked from his tent into a blizzard. His death is seen as an act of heroic self-sacrifice - aware that his ill health was compromising his three companions chances of survival, he chose certain death. Delayed by blizzards, and running out of supplies, Scott and the remainde Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxHerbertxPontingx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Captain Scott Wearing The Wallet in Which He Carried His Sledging Journals, c1910-1911, (1913). The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole. The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913), included a geologist, a zoologist, a surgeon, a photographer, an engineer, a ski expert, a meteorologist and a physicist among others. Scott wished to continue the scientific work that he had begun when leading the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic in 1901-04. He also wanted to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. Scott, accompanied by Dr Edward Wilson, Captain Lawrence Oates, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Pe Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxHerbertxPontingx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Main Party at Cape Evans After The Winter, 1911, (1913). Mr. Taylor. Mr. Cherry-Garrard. Mr. Day. Mr. Nelson. Lieut. Evans. Capt. Oates. Dr. Atkinson. Capt. Scott. Mr. Wright. Lieut. Gran. Keohane. Lashly. Hooper. Forde. Anton. Demetri. Lieut. Bowers. Mr. Meares. Mr. Debenham. Dr. Wilson. Dr. Simpson. Seaman Evans. Crean. The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole. The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913), included a geologist, a zoologist, a surgeon, a photographer, an engineer, a ski expert, a meteorologist and a physicist among others. Scott wished to continue the scientific work that he had be Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxHerbertxPontingx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Tenements (Cherry-Garrard, Bowers, Oates, Meares, Atkinson), 9 October 1911, (1913). Bunks in the hut of Assistant zoologist Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers, Captain Lawrence Oates, Cecil H Meares, medical officer Edward L Atkinson. The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole. The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913), included a geologist, a zoologist, a surgeon, a photographer, an engineer, a ski expert, a meteorologist and a physicist among others. Scott wished to continue the scientific work that he had begun when leading the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic in 1901 Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxHerbertxPontingx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Crew of the Terra Nova, c1910?1913, (1913). Crew: Stoker Angus McDonald, William McDonald, Engineer William A Horton, stoker William Burton, stoker Robert Brissenden, fireman Thomas McGillon, Petty Officer Frederick Parsons, stoker Edward A McKenzie, William L Heald, steward WH Neale, groom Anton Omelchenko, Albert Balson, cook Thomas Clissold, Mortimer McCarthy, Petty Officer John Hugh Mather, leading shipwright Francis EC Davies, James Skelton, Thomas McLeod, Petty Officer Arthur S Bailey, Petty Officer Robert Forde and Joseph Leese. The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole. The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxHerbertxPontingx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Captain Scott Writing Up His Journal, c1911, (1928). British explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) writing in his quarters at Cape Evans in Antarctica. Scott, accompanied by Dr Edward Wilson, Captain Lawrence Oates, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Petty Officer Edgar Evans, reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that the Norwegian expedition under Amundsen had beaten them to their objective by a month. Delayed by blizzards, and running out of supplies, Scott and the remainder of his team died at the end of March. Their bodies and diaries were found eight months later. From The Book of Polar Exploration, by E. L. Elias. George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., London, 1928 . (Colorised black and white print). Copyright:xThex Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesxHerbertxPontingx IMAGO