CAPTAIN SCOTT’S ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION (TERRA NOVA)

The photographs of Herbert Ponting, 1910-1913

A platinum-palladium limited portfolio published by Salto Ulbeek in association with the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. 

Herbert G. Ponting was already a renowned ‘Camera Artist’ when Captain Scott hired him to join and document his British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition in 1910. During the 14 months that he spent in Antarctica, Ponting exposed more than 1,700 large-sized glass plate negatives. Conserved at the Scott Polar Research Institute, these constitute one of the most significant records in the visual history of Antarctica and the Polar Regions.

Published in collaboration with the Scott Polar Research Institute, this portfolio presents 48 platinum-palladium prints made from a selection of the most breathtaking and historically significant glass plates in the collection. Accompanied by six specially commissioned essays by leading figures in Antarctic history and photography, it offers a sweeping perspective on the expedition and Ponting’s remarkable artistry. Featuring some of the most beautiful and enduring landscapes, portraits, and wintering scenes ever recorded in Antarctica, it draws us into the heart of the southern continent and illuminates what it meant to explore, contemplate, inhabit, and survive its extreme environment.