Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935)
The Terra Nova in McMurdo Sound 7 - 7 Jan 1911
Carbon print | 58.2 x 73.0 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2580008
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Photograph of McMurdo Sound with melting icebergs in the foreground which are reflected in the sea. In the background is the "Terra Nova" and in the far distance the western mountains of Victoria Land. Ponting took this view of the Terra Nova while standing on the shifting ice floes. The ship had reached Antarctica only a few days previously and Ponting was enthusiastically exploring the area. He was impressed by the ice formations in the foreground, which show a berg in the final stages of melting.
Provenance
Presented to King George V, 1914
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Medium and techniques
Carbon print
Measurements
58.2 x 73.0 cm (image) (image)
82.0 x 65.0 cm (whole object)
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Alternative title(s)
The Terra Nova in McMurdo Sound. [The British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913 / photographs by H.G. Ponting, F.R.G.S.]. Death of an iceberg. [Title in Great White South ... /H.G. Ponting].
