Full Page Plates

The Full Page Plates are from photographs by Herbert G. Ponting, except where otherwise stated

The Crew of the ‘Terra Nova’ Facing p. 2
Captain Oates and Ponies on the ‘Terra Nova’ 6
‘Vaida’ 8
‘Krisravitsa’ 8
‘Stareek’ Malingering 8
Manning the Pumps 10
The First Iceberg 10
Albatross Soaring 12
Albatrosses Foraging in the Wake of the ‘Terra Nova’ 12
Dr. Wilson and Dr. Atkinson loading the Harpoon Gun 14
A. B. Cheetham—­the Boatswain of the ‘Terra Nova’ 14
Evening Scene in the Pack 17
Lieut.  Evans in the Crow’s Nest 20
Furling Sail in the Pack 20
A Berg breaking up in the Pack 23
Moonlight in the Pack 29
Christmas Eve (1910) in the Pack 36
‘I don’t care what becomes of Me’ 44
An Adelie about to Dive 44
Open Water in the Ross Sea 46
In the Pack—­a Lead opening up 48
Cape Crozier:  the End of the Great Ice Barrier 54
Ice-Blink over the Barrier 56
The Barrier and Mount Terror 56
The Midnight Sun in McMurdo Sound 58
Entering McMurdo Sound—­Cape Bird and Mount Erebus 60
Surf breaking against Stranded Ice at Cape Evans 60
The ‘Terra Nova’ in McMurdo Sound 62
Disembarking the Ponies 64
Ponies tethered out on the Sea Ice Facing p. 64
Lieut.  H. E. de P. Rennick 66
Lieut.  Rennick and a Friendly Penguin 66
The Arch Berg from Within 68
Something of a Phenomenon—­A Fresh Water Cascade 71
The Arch Berg from Without 74
Ponting Cinematographs the Bow of the ‘Terra Nova’ Breaking through
the Ice-floes 76
Landing a Motor-Sledge 76
Lieut.  Evans and Nelson Cutting a Cave for Cold Storage 78
The Condition of Affairs a Week after Landing 78
Killer Whales Rising to Blow 82
Hut Point and Observation Hill 82
The Tenements 84
Plan of Hut Page 85
The Point of the Barne Glacier Facing p. 90
Winter Quarters at Cape Evans 94
Lillie and Dr. Levick Sorting a Trawl Catch 101
Seals Basking on Newly-formed Pancake Ice off Cape Evans 106
Lieut.  Tryggve Gran 112
Captain Scott on Skis 118
Summer Time:  the Ice opening up 133
Spray Ridges of Ice after a Blizzard 145
A Berg Drifting in McMurdo Sound 155
Pancake Ice Forming into Floes off Cape Evans 155
Ponting Developing a Plate in the Dark Room 160
The Falling of the Long Polar Night 164
Depot Laying and Western Parties on their Return to Cape Evans 166
A Blizzard Approaching across the Sea Ice 171
The Barne Glacier:  a Crevasse with a Thin Snow Bridge 174
Dr. Wilson Working up the Sketch which is given at p. 178 180
Dr. Simpson at the Unifilar Magnetometer 182
Dr. Atkinson in his Laboratory 182
Winter Work 184
Dr. Atkinson and Clissold hauling up the Fish Trap 186
The Freezing up of the Sea 188