Antarctic Collection

The Endurance
A cutaway view of the Endurance, the flagship of Ernest Shackletons Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which began in 1914. Encountering pack ice, the ship became icebound in January 1915

Captain Robert Falcon Scott - Frys Cocoa Advert
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), the English naval commander and explorer

Sir Ernest Shackleton and others, Antarctic
Sir Ernest Shackleton and three members of a polar exploration party, photographed within 111 miles of the South Pole in 1907-9 on board the Nimrod

Plans of the Terra Nova ship
Diagram showing the layour of the Terra Nova ship from the expedition to the Antarctic 1910-13 Date: 1910

Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922), British explorer, dressed for Antarctic conditions. Shackleton made four expeditions to the South Pole during his career

Captain Scott in his workshop on board Terra Nova
Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912), British polar explorer and leader of the ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1912, pictured in his work room on board the Terra Nova

Shackleton Portrait
ERNEST SHACKLETON Naval officer and explorer of the Antarctic. Date: 1874 - 1922

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, polar explorer
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874 - 1922), Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer. Seen here at the age of 40 in windproof garments

The Last Resting Place of Captain Scott
The inner tent in which Captain Scott and his two companions were discovered taken by a member of the relief party which found the tent on November 12th 1912

The Norwegian Flag at the South Pole, 1911
Photograph showing Lt. Helmer Hansen, of the Amundsen Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12, standing with his sledge, dog team and Norwegian flag at the South Pole, December 1911

The Terra Nova, 1910
Sectional illustration of the Terra Nova, the Polar research ship used by Captain R.F. Scott in his Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912. The Terra Nova was built as a Dundee whaler in 1884

Captain Oates Dies
The young Captain Oates leaves Captain Scotts tent in a blizzard on the return trip from the South Pole and is never seen again

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - ponies
Michael the pony enjoying a roll in the snow near his stables on Antarctica, during the ill-fated Scott polar expedition 1910 - 1912. Captain Scott wrote of the ponies in his diary, Poor brutes

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - Beardmore Glacier
Photograph taken by Captain Scott during the ill-fated polar expedition to the South Pole in 1910 - 1912, showing tents pitched on the way up the Beardmore Glacier

Some of the Officers of the British Antarctic expedition
Officers on board the Terra Nova on its return to New Zealand in February 1913 after the discovery of the bodies of Captain Scott and his companions. From left to right. Back row, Mr

Mr Bernacchi at work
Mr Bernacchi, a member of the British 1901-4 polar expedition, at work with an electrometer

Scott of the Antarctic - page from The Sphere
Page from the special Scott of the Antarctic memorial number featuring a photograph of the Scott Antarctic medal, presented to the team after returning from their first successful expedition in 1904

A motor sledge which may be used at the South Pole
A suggestion for the type of motor sledge to be taken by Captain Scott, who in 1909 had announced his intention to set out on a new expedition to the South Pole

The Terra Nova of Scotts Antarctic Expedition
The ship Terra Nova - the vessel used by Robert Falcon Scott (1868 -1912) for his South Polar Expedition in 1911-12

Ernest Shackleton preparing for a trans-antarctic expedition
Sir Ernest Shackleton, dressed in kit suited to Antarctic conditions prior to his trans-Antarctic expedition in 1914

Lt. Shackleton, Captain Scott and Dr. Wilson, Antarctica, 19
Photograph showing Lt. Shackleton, Captain Scott and Dr. Wilson, ready for their dash towards the South Pole, during the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-04

Scott of the Antarctic and his predecessors
Illustration showing Captain Scott with his team flying the Union Jack flag, along with the names of previous polar explorers with the chronology traced back over a map of Antarctica

Terra Nova on front cover of The Sphere
Farewell to civilisation - Captain Scott and his team pictured departing New Zealand in the Terra Nova, bound for Antarctica in December 1910 in their bid to become the first to reach the South Pole

Events / Exploration / Polar
Sledge party planting British flag. Shackleton, Scott and Wilson Discovery exploration of the Antarctic

Inside Shackletons Hut
The interior of the hut of Ernest Shackleton (1907-9), which has been preserved in exactly the same state as left by Shackleton Date: 2005

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - Mount Erebus
The slopes of Mount Erebus, the active volcano on Ross Island in the Antarctic, shrouded in smoke and cloud, seen during the ill-fated Scott polar expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1912

Scott Polar Expedition - point of the Barne Glacier
A huge cliff of ice passed by the Terra Nova when she arrived at McMurdo Sound during the Scott Polar Expedition, 1910 - 1912. Date: 1913

Some of the men who found Captain Scott
Some of the Men who found the bodies of Captain Scott and his companions and erected a cairn, pictured on their return to New Zealand

Clipper Antarctic
American clipper ship

Shackleton [Ritchie]
Sir ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON Irish Antarctic explorer

Events / Exploration / Polar
The Discovery frozen in during the Scott, Shackleton and Wilson exploration of the Antarctic

The Quest, 1921
Sectional diagram of the Quest, the ship of the Shackleton-Rowett Oceanographical and Antarctic Expedition of 1921-22

Nicolaus Copernicus (14731543) Astronomer. Orbes Celeste
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated an heliocentric model of the universe which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center

Oxo advertisement - Scott Antarctic expedition endorsement
Advertisement for Oxo as supplied to Captain Scott on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole

Captain Scotts last Antarctic expedition
A group of some of the party, including Dr. E. A Wilson, the zoologist and artist (sitting first left); Lieut H. R Bowers (sitting second on left); Captain R

Filming Scott of the Antarctic, with John Mills as Captain Scott RN, James Robertson Justice as Petty Officer Taff Evans, and Kenneth Moore as Lieutenant Evans

Oxo in the Antarctic - Captain Scott polar expedition
Advertisement for Oxo showing members of the ill-fated Captain Scott polar expedition to the South Pole enjoying an 11 o clock cup of OXO on board the Terra Nova

Members of the Search Party who found Captain Scott
From left: Sub-lieutenant Gran, Petty-Officer Williamson and Mr E.W

The spot where Captain Scott lies buried
A cross placed on top of a large cairn of snow marking the resting place of Captain Scott, Dr Wilson and Lieutenant Bowers

Robert Falcon Scott - at the Antarctic
Scott of the Antarctic. Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912) - who lost his life in an ill-fated race to be the first person to reach the South Pole

Captain Scotts Departure for Antarctica
Two photographs reporting the departure of Captain Scott and his team on board the Terra Nova, bound for Antarctica where they would attempt to reach the South Pole first

How Bad Weather held back Captain Scott
A map showing the different routes taken by the Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen and the British team led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott towards the South Pole in 1911/12

The Long, Long Drift
Illustration by Raymond Sheppard to an article entitled: The Long, Long Drift by John Prebble, relating to the The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17

The Head Quarters of the 1910 - 13 Scott Polar Expedition
A view showing Cape Evans where Captain Scott pitched his headquarters for his last expedition to the South Pole. The main positions of the surrounding district are also shown

The Highway to the South - Scott expedition
The magnificent entrance to the Beardmore Glacier showing the snow slope leading up to the two massive granite pillars through which Captain Scott passed with his men

The Magnetic Hut, National Antarctic Expedition, 1902
Photograph showing Mr. Bernacchi standing in the doorway of the Magnetic Hut during the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4

S. S. Terra Nova, June 1910
Cut-away illustration of the Terra Nova, the ship that Captain Scott used in his second expedition to the Antarctic, 1910-1913

Shackleton with royalty
Photograph of Sir Ernest Shackleton (second from right) with Queen Alexandra (right) and the Dowager Empress of Russia (second from left)

The Nimrod Antarctic Expedition at the furthest point South
Photograph showing Lt. Adams, Frank Wild and Lt. Ernest Shackleton (left to right) standing beside a British flag at the furthest point South that they reached, 9th January 1909

Frank Wild (1873-1939)
Photographic portrait of Frank Wild, the British naval officer and explorer, London, c.1916

The Great Ice Barrier, Antarctica, 1911
Photograph showing a member of the Amundsen Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12 standing on top of the Great Ice Barrier, c.1911. Three men, under the command of Lt

Scott Souvenir Card
In memory of the Antarctic heroes, the late Captain Scott and his gallant comrades who perished March 1912 at the South Pole

Sketch of South Trinidad
Within South West Bay with the monument and landing pier, South Trinidad, September 13 1901. Drawing by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) made during the Discovery Expedition to Antarctica, 1901-1904

Front cover of the Sphere Scott Memorial Number
Front cover of The Sphere, Memorial Number of the Scott Antarctic Expedition showing a sombre scene of a group of men praying by a cairn topped with a cross in memory of Captain Scott, who died

Cephalodiscus species
Plate 5 from British Antarctic Expedition 1910 -13 (Terra Nova): Zoology. Vol. IV, (1918) NO. 2. Cephalodiscus. By W. G. Ridewood, D.Sc. Pp. 11-82 : 12 textfigures, 5 plates and a map. 1918, 4to

Kodak jar with pebbles from Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes for
Kodak jar with pebbles from emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) stomach Collected by Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

Basalt bomb
Geological specimen collected by Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition

Meteorite in Antarctica
A large meteorite found in the MacAlpine Hills, Antarctica in 1988

Basket Sleigh - Byrds Antarctic Expedition
Basket Sleigh from Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jrs 3rd Antarctic Expedition of 1940. Photograph taken during preparations for his trip, which had received official US backing

Herbert Ponting (1870 - 1935), photographer best known for capturing the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1913, pictured in his Antarctic kit in January 1912

Lieutenant (Sir) Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), Antarctic explorer

Members of 1914 Antarctic expedition
Six members of the British expedition to Antarctica in 1914, with Sir Ernest Shackleton far left

D urville / Astrolabe
The corvette Astrolabe caught among icebergs in the Antarctic. Dumont D Urville and his crew attempt to release her - which they do

Ponting in Antarctic
Herbert Ponting (1871-1935) with his camera in the Antarctic : he accompanies Scotts expedition as official photographer and produces a spectacular photo record

Antarctic Iceberg / 1895
A ship in the Antarctic is dwarfed by icebergs

R F Scott [F. W. ]
ROBERT FALCON SCOTT Antarctic explorer

Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on the return of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctica expedition to the UK. Date: 1909

Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922), Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. Date: 1904

"Everything about her was white, glistening and shining." Illustration by Edmund Dulac to The Dreamer of Dreams by Queen Marie of Roumania. Date: 1915

RRS Sir David Attenborough - moored at Greenwich, London

The insignia and crest of the RRS Sir David Attenborough - moored at Greenwich, London

RRS Sir David Attenborough - moored at Greenwich, London

RRS Sir David Attenborough - moored at Greenwich, London

Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition to the Antarctic
Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition to the Antarctic

Floyd Bennett, left, with Admiral Richard E. Byrd, U.S. Navy the first American scientific missions to the Antarctic - Romantic Stories of Air Heroes, 1937

The Officers of British Antarctic Ship Discovery, Commander Scott - Navy and Army Illustrated Dec. 1901. Date: 1901

The Crew of British Antarctic Ship Discovery, Commander Scott - Navy and Army Illustrated Dec. 1901. Date: 1901

Byrd Antarctic Expedition II - Dog team on dangerous ice
Byrd Antarctic Expedition II - Dog team crossing treacherous pressure ice. On his second expedition in 1934, Richard E

Lockheed LC-130H Hercules 83-0490 Pride of Clifton Park
United States Air Force - Lockheed LC-130H-LM Hercules 83-0490 Pride of Clifton Park (MSN 382-5007), of the 139th Airlift Squadron, 109th Airlift Wing, New York ANG

Filming Scott of the Antarctic on location, 1948
Filming Scott of the Antarctic on location, released in 1948 Date: 1948

Filming Scott of the Antarctic released in 1948 Date: 1948

Lieutenant Campbell

Ernest Shackleton and his sister visit the Nimrod before expedition to the South Pole

Captain Scott and Lieutenant Evans planning their expedition to the Antarctic

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