With Scott in the Antarctic (Eyewitness Accounts)

The third in a major series of eyewitness accounts into history, disaster, war, travel and exploration, written by the people who were there, those who not only wrote about the event but who experienced it.

World-changing events are rare and it is even rarer to be able to write about them from the viewpoint of an eyewitness. Here is one such story, that of Herbert Ponting, photographer on the Terra Nova expedition of 1910-13. When we think of Scott of the Antarctic, we look at the images of Herbert Ponting, an experienced photographer and cameraman from Salisbury. His haunting photos of Antarctica rate as some of the most stunning ever taken and his skill behind the lens has left us a lasting legacy of Robert Falcon Scott. His tale of the expedition also rank as a classic of travel and exploration literature. This is his story!

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A fascinating collection of reminiscences from someone who was actually there with Scott as they prepared for the expedition that would ultimately fail... Living history, life as it was, in the raw. Absolutely terrific. Ranks alongside a book my father had, The Ascent of Everest, for sheer excitement...
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