13th of December
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events


Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic Expedition (South Pole Expedition) on the ship Terra Nova, 1910 - 1913.

1910 - The ship about to enter a band of sea-ice while heading to the deep south. You can sense the excitement, anticipation and fear as the ship gets closer to the destination with little real idea of what they are to shortly experience.


Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic Expedition (South Pole Expedition) on the ship Terra Nova, 1910 - 1913.

1911

    "Mt. Kyffin. Dec 13.11 - 2 pm. Lunch Camp. Note red ochre rock crags showing out beyond the blacker rock scarps."

Near the foot of the Beardmore Glacier. A sketch made by Edward Wison with Scott's South Pole Expedition on the way to the Pole.