PONTING, Herbert G.
The Great White South: Being an Account of Experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the Nature Life of the Antarctic.
First Edition of Herbert Ponting's The Great White South
London: Duckworth & Co, 1921.
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First edition of this first hand account of Captain Scott's ill-fated last expedition. Octavo, original publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and British Antarctic Expedition vignette to the spine and front panel, frontispiece, with 164 photographic illustrations by the author, 11 by Captain Scott and others, a map, and 2 drawings. In good condition with sunning to the spine. Introduction by Lady Scott.
Herbert Ponting’s The Great White South (1921) is a landmark work of Antarctic literature that blends photography, travel narrative, and scientific observation to document Captain Robert F. Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913). As the expedition’s official photographer and cinematographer, Ponting brought a unique visual and descriptive sensibility to his account, capturing both the sublime beauty and the stark brutality of the Antarctic environment. The book highlights not only the daily struggles of life on the ice but also the scientific achievements of the party, preserving through vivid prose and iconic imagery a record of exploration that ended in tragedy. Ponting's photography stands as one of the most significant visual legacies of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, blending artistic sensibility with documentary precision.
The Great White South: Being an Account of Experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the Nature Life of the Antarctic.
$400.00
In Stock