Expedition photographs
Climbing the Matterhorn iceberg
Historical recordCataloged expedition photograph: An expedition member climbs the face of a jagged iceberg.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- The face of the Matterhorn Berg. October 8th 1911
- Artifact date
- 10.1911
- 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.
Ponting’s published Clissold on the Matterhorn Berg. The named iceberg is the same subject as the catalogued Matterhorn-Berg photograph, but this is a different exposure including Clissold. It is not asserted to be the target’s 8 October 1911 frame.
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 a different published exposure, not the catalogued SPRI photograph. The target photograph’s exact date is not established for this alternate. The SPRI image is linked separately and not reproduced. Plate facing printed p. 173; upper photograph. Lower supporting-page image shows E. L. Nelson at his biological hole and is not part of the Matterhorn image.
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/n313/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/p2005-5-533
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.freezeframe.ac.uk/collection/photos-british-antarctic-expedition-1910-13-ponting-collection/p2005-5-533
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