First photograph from Scott's South Pole Expedition
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912), British Antarctic explorer, photographed in his polar kit about to start on a depot laying journey prior to his and his team's ill-fated expedition to reach the South Pole in 1912. Mount Erebus can be seen in the background
Picture No
10419218
Media ID
46057659
Size
4300px x 6103px
(5.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Herbert Ponting reproduced in The Illustrated London News', 13 May 1911, page 679
Date
1911
