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"Herbert G. Ponting (1870-1935) was already a world traveler, pioneering photographer, and travel writer when, in 1909, he met British explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912). Impressed with Ponting's credentials and manner, Scott asked him to document the expedition to the South Pole, the most elusive prize of exploration at that time. Ponting accepted, becoming the first professional photographer to join a polar expedition." "Racing to reach the pole before rival Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, Scott missed his mark by one month and, despite Herculean efforts, perished with three members of his party on the return trip during a ferocious blizzard." "This book is replete with 175 stunning photos taken by Ponting (who also documented the expedition in cine film, one of the most advanced technologies of the day). Ponting was not only an exceptional photographer, he was also an extraordinary writer - abundantly visual and acutely insightful. His account relates Scott's spectacular failure but, equally important, records a firsthand perspective of the experiences of those who, like Ponting, stayed behind on the Terra Nova at the base camp. They faced the same brutal landscapes and subzero temperatures as Scott and the same perils. Ponting himself was attacked by eight killer whales."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved… (más)
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' Let us probe the silent places, let us seek what luck betide us; Le: us journey to a lonely land I know. There's a whisper on the night-wind, there's a star agleam to guide us, And the wild is calling, calling ... let us go.' Robert W. Service.
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To the memory of my late chief and comrades who, after reaching the South Pole, perished on their homewared way, bequeathing to their race a priceless heritage in the story of their heroism and self-sacrifice, and devotion to purpose, ideals and duty.
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Before going to the Far South with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition, my life—save for six years' ranching and mining in Western America; a couple of voyages round the world; three years of travel in Japan; some months as war correspondent with the First Japanese Army during the war with Russia; and in the Philippines during the American war with Spain; and save, too, for several years of travel in a score of other lands—had been comparatively uneventful.
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It was my privilege to be the producer of the kinematograph record of that great adventure—which is now of priceless historical value—and it is my intention during my lifetime to arrange for its exhibition from time to time, to assist in perpetuating the story of my late Chief and comrades of glorious memory.
"Herbert G. Ponting (1870-1935) was already a world traveler, pioneering photographer, and travel writer when, in 1909, he met British explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912). Impressed with Ponting's credentials and manner, Scott asked him to document the expedition to the South Pole, the most elusive prize of exploration at that time. Ponting accepted, becoming the first professional photographer to join a polar expedition." "Racing to reach the pole before rival Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, Scott missed his mark by one month and, despite Herculean efforts, perished with three members of his party on the return trip during a ferocious blizzard." "This book is replete with 175 stunning photos taken by Ponting (who also documented the expedition in cine film, one of the most advanced technologies of the day). Ponting was not only an exceptional photographer, he was also an extraordinary writer - abundantly visual and acutely insightful. His account relates Scott's spectacular failure but, equally important, records a firsthand perspective of the experiences of those who, like Ponting, stayed behind on the Terra Nova at the base camp. They faced the same brutal landscapes and subzero temperatures as Scott and the same perils. Ponting himself was attacked by eight killer whales."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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