Terra Nova Antarctic exploration. Expedition member standing on an indented ridge of ice in South Bay in Antarctica, with Mount Erebus in the backgrou


Terra Nova Antarctic exploration. Expedition member standing on an indented ridge of ice in South Bay in Antarctica, with Mount Erebus in the background. He is part of the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913). Also known as the Terra Nova Expedition, the primary expedition objectives were scientific. Led by Robert Falcon Scott, the shore party of 34 spent two seasons exploring on and around the Ross Ice Shelf. Scott led a polar party southwards in November 1911 in an attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. He and four others died in 1912 on the return journey. Photographed on 8 October 1911 by Herbert George Ponting.


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