A Cavern in an Iceberg; Scott's Last Expedition, The British Antarctic Expedition

Herbert Ponting1910 (photographed) - 1910

'A Cavern in an Iceberg', photograph by Herbert Beorge Ponting From the portfolio 'Scott's Last Expedition, The British Antarctic Expedition', Antarctica, ca. 1910-3

Details

Title: A Cavern in an Iceberg; Scott's Last Expedition, The British Antarctic Expedition
Date Created: 1910 (photographed) - 1910
Type: Photograph
Rights: Transferred from the British Museum
External Link: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O62887
photographer: Ponting, Herbert George
photographed: Antarctica
Subjects Depicted: South Pole
More Information: Herbert Ponting was the official photographer for Captain Scott's tragic final expedition, enduring sub-zero temperatures to document this uncharted environment. In The Great White South (1921), he recalled discovering this cavern: 'A fringe of long icicles hung at the entrance of the grotto and passing under these I was in the most wonderful place imaginable. From the outside, the interior appeared quite white and colourless, but, once inside, it was a lovely symphony of blue and green.'
Materials and Techniques: Carbon print
Dimensions: Height: 44.7 cm, Width: 32.5 cm

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