Terra Nova at the ice foot

Photograph, sepia with mount and frame, depicts the stern view of Terra Nova anchored off the ice foot near Cape Evans. Taken by H.G. Ponting, the official artist for the Terra Nova expedition. The photograph is dated 16th January 1911, which is midsummer in Antarctica evident by the open water and birds, neither would be there in the winter months. The ship here is berthed as close to the hut as possible to make unloading and departure easier in case of bad weather or the return of pack ice. Of this image Ponting said Terra Nova was wonderfully picturesque as she lay berthed alongside the ice; she was of a type nowadays seldom met with on the seas, and her square rigged masts and rugged hull, mirrored in the water, lent great effect to my pictures.