Herbert Ponting (1870-1935) was young bank clerk when he bought an early Kodak compact camera. By the early 1900s, he was living in California, working as a pro

Includes account of Ponting's role as official photographer on Robert Scott's 1910-13 Antarctic expedition.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the publi

'Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell…which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our bodies must tell the tale' R