The Freezing of the Sea, Antarctica, Herbert G. Ponting , 1911Getty Search GatewayPro
The Freezing of the Sea, Antarctica, Herbert G. Ponting , 1911Getty Search GatewayProvenance: Samuel Wagstaff, Jr., American, 1921 - 1987, sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1984.75.3 × 59.8 cm (29 5/8 × 23 9/16 in.)Herbert George Ponting ( 1870 – 1935) was a professional photographer. He is best known as the expedition photographer and cinematographer for Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Ross Sea and South Pole (1910–1913). As a member of the shore party in he helped set up the winter camp at Cape Evans which included a tiny darkroom where Ponting preferred to take high-quality images on glass plates.[text source: @wikipedia] -- source link
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