Herbert George Ponting was a photographer and a member of the Terra Nova Expedition, which was led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole in 1910-1913. Ponting was born on March 21, 1870, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, and grew up in Australia.

Ponting's interest in photography began in the early 1890s, and he became a professional photographer in 1895. He worked in a variety of photographic fields, including portrait and landscape photography, but he is best known for his work documenting the Terra Nova Expedition.

Ponting was responsible for recording the day-to-day activities of the expedition, including the scientific work, the sledging journeys, and the life of the crew on board the ship. He also took many photographs of the Antarctic landscape, including the wildlife and the ice formations.

Ponting's photographs of the Terra Nova Expedition are considered some of the most important more...

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Herbert George Ponting (1870 - 1935) Face of the Great Ice…

Ponting's Antarctic Expedition Photographs

Herbert George Ponting (1870 - 1935) Face of the Great Ice Barrier and Mount Terror the photographer's blindstamp 'H.G. Ponting' in lower right margin carbon print, 49.5 x 65.3 cm numbered '20' on the Fine Art Society label on the reverse. Provenance:…

Herbert George Ponting (1870 - 1935) Cumulus Clouds rising up…

Barne Glacier and Cumulus Clouds

Herbert George Ponting (1870 - 1935) Cumulus Clouds rising up over Barne Glacier the photographer's blindstamp 'H.G. Ponting' in lower right margin carbon print, 49.5 x 65.3 cm numbered '105' on the Fine Art Society label on the reverse . Provenance:…

Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) Birth of an Iceberg titled…

Birth of an Iceberg

Herbert George Ponting (1870-1935) Birth of an Iceberg titled and numbered '24' on the on the Fine Art Society label on the reverse carbon print, 45 x 61 cm. Provenance: George Clarke Simpson, meteorologist on the Terra Nova expedition 1878-1965 and then…