Captain Scott with expedition, Mount Erebus.
Newspaper cutting, taken from an unknown publication with exact date not known although published after Captain Scott's death, features a black and white photograph of the Southern Party, at the foot of Mount Erebus, leaving for the Great Ice Barrier on a depot-laying mission. Images taken by Herbert Ponting as part of the Terra Nova Expedition 1910-1912, dated 27th January 1911. These catches of food would be used to supply the various journeys planned for the following year. Standing from left to right are: Thomas Crean (petty officer), Patrick Keohane (petty officer), Tryggve Gran (ski expert), Robert Falcon Scott (Captain), Robert Forde (Petty Officer), Cecil H. Meares (in charge of the dogs), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (Assistant zoologist) and Lawrence Oates (Captain Inisklling Dragoons). Sitting on the sledge are Edward Wilson (chief of scientific staff and biologist) and Henry Robertson Bowers (Lieutenant).
Number: | DUNIH 278.12 |
Name: | Captain Scott with expedition, Mount Erebus. |
Date: | Not Specified |
Maker: | Not Specified |
Location: | In Store |