The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography
This exhibition of remarkable photographs
taken in Antarctica by Herbert George Ponting
and Frank Hurley marks the 100th anniversary
of Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the South Pole.

Listen to David Hempleman-Adams, one of the
world’s most successful polar explorers, introduce
Ponting and Hurley’s evocative images in the
exhibition at The Queen's Gallery,
Palace of Holyroodhouse from
2 October 2009 - 11 April 2010.
In addition to the exhibition, a selection of
other Polar material from the Royal Collection
can be viewed here.
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Scott and the 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910-13
Shackleton and the 'Endurance' Expedition 1914-16
 
Polar Collecting
Ponting
Hurley
 

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