Expedition photographs
Terra Nova’s crew entering pack ice
Historical recordCataloged expedition photograph: Expedition members stand on the deck at the bow of the ship ‘Terra Nova’. Some lean over to look at pack ice which is all around the ship.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Entering the Pack. Fo’castle of the Terra Nova. Dec. 9th 1910
- Artifact date
- 9.12.1910
- Creator
- Ponting, Herbert George
- Holding institution
- Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Scope of evidence
The record establishes artifact provenance, not modern speculative Antarctic claims.
Crew on Terra Nova’s forecastle crowd the bow and look over the rail as the vessel enters pack ice. Ponting’s independently published photograph shows the same named shipboard scene described by the catalog record; exact exposure equivalence is unconfirmed.
Herbert G. Ponting, The Great White South (New York: R. M. McBride & Co., 1922). Library of Congress scan via Internet Archive. Public domain.
This is an independently published photograph of the same named shipboard scene, not a confirmed reproduction of SPRI negative P2005/5/4. The catalogued photograph’s precise 9 December date is not established for this alternate. The modern SPRI photograph is linked separately and not reproduced. The full plate also includes a separate Antarctic tabular iceberg photograph.
Image source record · Reuse terms
Image rights and evidence limits
Public domain. Library of Congress item 23026514 explicitly states this digitized book is free to use and reuse; matching Internet Archive metadata identifies the LOC scan and reports no known copyright restrictions. The selected photographs were published in 1922; photographer Herbert G. Ponting died in 1935. This clearance applies to the independent historical book scan, not to SPRI digitizations.
Image existence does not prove a linked claim. Consult image-specific captions and reuse conditions.
Sources and what they support
Links document the record, the claim’s circulation, an assessment, or reuse terms as labeled. A source link is not automatically corroboration.
- displayed image provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://archive.org/details/greatwhitesouthb01pont/page/n76/mode/1up
- image-specific reuse conditionshttps://www.loc.gov/item/23026514/#rights-and-access
- documentary target record; may differ from displayed reproductionhttps://www.freezeframe.ac.uk/collection/photos-british-antarctic-expedition-1910-13-ponting-collection/p2005-5-4
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.freezeframe.ac.uk/collection/photos-british-antarctic-expedition-1910-13-ponting-collection/p2005-5-4
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