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The 'Terra Nova' at the ice foot, Cape Evans
Herbert Ponting1911
Royal Collection Trust, UK
London, United Kingdom
Photograph of the 'Terra Nova' tethered to the ice at Cape Evans. The Cape was named after Lieutenant Edward Evans Scott (1880 - 1957) second in command on 'Terra Nova'. Scott discovered the place during his Discovery expedition of 1901-4. When he returned in 1910, it was here that he built the expedition hut, which still stands today.
Details
- Title: The 'Terra Nova' at the ice foot, Cape Evans
- Creator: Herbert George Ponting
- Creator Lifespan: 1870 - 1935
- Date Created: 1911
- Physical Dimensions: w578 x h735 mm
- Type: Photographs
- Rights: Supplied by Royal Collection Trust / (c) HM Queen Elizabeth II 2012
- External Link: http://www.rct.uk/collection/2580007
- Medium: Blue-tinted carbon print
- Provenance: Presented to King George V, 1914
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