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Has Captain Scott reached the Pole?Page from The Sphere magazine speculating on whether Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his polar exploration team had reached the South Pole in December 1911, as scheduled
Stuck Up - A Punting DisasterTwo illustrations of the phrase Stuck Up. In the main scene, an unlucky man is stuck on his pole as a quiet afternoon punting with his lady loves goes rather wrong (he has lost his hat too!)
Romanian prisoners of war, Sinaia, Romania, WW1Romanian prisoners of war being set to work in Sinaia, Romania, during the First World War. Date: 26 December 1916
Kenya, Africa - General Post Office Nairobi Date: circa 1910s
Englishman asserting his authorityThree Spaniards outnumbered by an Englishmen in combat. While they draw their swords, the Englishmen responds with his quarterstaff. Date: 17th Century
Polish Scouts in traditional dressA large group of Polish Scouts and other Poles in traditional dress stand together in a field. 1930s
Armistice Day in the Seychelles. A Company of Blue Jackets and Royal Marines parading. Scouts lined both sides of the Flag pole but only one line of Scouts is seen. circa 1920s-30s
Carved Korean Mountain Gods at the roadside. Date: 1909
Chile - Santiago - The Metropolitan CathedralChile - Santiago. The Metropolitan Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana). Date: circa 1910s
Chile - Concepcion - The National Savings BankChile - Concepcion - Caja Nacional de Ahorras (The National Savings Bank). Date: circa 1920
Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - pulling sledge over iceA view showing how sledges were rushed from one ice floe to another, with a sled pulling team waiting for two floes to meet and quickly dashing across
Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - seals and iceSeals basking on newly formed pancake ice off Cape Evans, captured by photographer Herbert Ponting during the ill-fated Scott Polar Expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1912. Date: 1913
British soldier checking telephone lines, WW1British soldier checking telephone lines during the First World War, with low poles high enough to form an air line. Date: 23 October 1917
Punting - pushing off from the bank. " I can just Manage" Date: 1902
Angola - Njinga Tribesmen carry a sick patientAngola - Two Njinga Tribesmen transport a sick patient in a sling held to a large pole. Date: circa 1910s
Pushing the Boat OutChildren help push a fishing boat out from the shore, while its owner shoves with a pole. Date: 1890
Rustic Fete at Northfleet, Kent - a successful competitor climbs the greasy pole and wins the flitch of bacon, to the plaudits of the crowd Date: 1832
NOBILE / MAY 1926Umberto Nobile, at the time of his flight across the North Pole in Norge - seen here with his daughter Maria and the dog who was the mascot of of the expedition Date: May 1926
Telegraph WiresThe advance of civilisation - a bear investigates a telegraph pole amid the mountains of Sweden. Date: 1907
Two Edwardian children in a garden, Mid WalesTwo Edwardian children in a garden in Mid Wales. The girl on the left sits on a swing which is suspended by ropes from a wooden pole
Schoolgirls parading, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid WalesA long line of local schoolgirls parade along Beaufort Street in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. The street is decorated with flags and bunting, perhaps to celebrate Empire Day (24 May)
Horse and trap, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid WalesA horse drawn trap with two passengers outside Crickhowell Castle wall, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
Porth Mawr Gate, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid WalesView of the town walls and gatehouse, the latter known as Porth Mawr (Porthmawr) Gate, on a snowy day in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
Paderewski rehearsing Moonlight Sonata by Laurence IrvingPainting depicting the virtuoso Polish pianist, Paderewski, in the film studio at Denham, rehearsing Beethovens Moonlight Sonata for the film of the same name
Treffgarne, Nany Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, South WalesView of the village of Treffgarne at Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, before the Great Western Railway line was built
Winter Sport, Thomas Cook & Sons ArrangementsCover illustration of Winter Sport, Thomas Cook & Sons Arrangements, showing a lady dressed in winter clothes, skiing downhill with one ski pole
Diagram of food depots for the Scott polar expeditionDiagrams showing how the food depots were distributed along the 750 mile route of the British Antarctic expedition to the South Pole led by Captain Scott
The Antarctic Drama - page from The SpherePage from The Sphere which tells of the ill-fated expedition of Captain Scott and his team, showing a picture of the inner tent used by Scott and the others
Memorial Service to the Polar Heroes at St Pauls CathedralA birds-eye view of the interior of St. Pauls Cathedral during the memorial service to Captain Scott and his four companions who lost their lives on the return from their failed attempt to be
Parents and brother of Captain Robert Falcoln ScottPortrait of John Edward Scott, father of Captain Scott the polar explorer, together with his mother and his brother, the late Lieutenant Archibald O Connor Scott
Dr E. A Wilson of the Scott Polar ExpeditionDr Edward Wilson, biologist and artist on the British Antarctic Expedition led by Captain Scott. Wilson died along with Scott and Bowers in their tents during a blizzard in March 1912
The Terra Nova mourns for her CommanderThe ensign flying at half-mast on the Scott Polar expeditions vessel in February 1913, as it neared Lyttelton in New Zealand following the relief partys discovery of Captain Scott
Why Captain Scott did not rely wholly on dogsPage from The Sphere with drawings and photographs of the huskies used in Captain Scotts first polar expedition in 1901-4
A suggested site for a memorial to Captain Scott in London, at the bottom of Regent Street, close to the memorial to Sir John Franklin
Wreath for Captain ScottAllegorical picture by Fortunino Matania showing a wreath being laid at a simple memorial to Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who died
Back to Civilisation. The Second in Command at LytteltonCommander Evans, the Second in Command of the British Antarctic expedition of Captain Scott, pictured with the two men who saved his life when he was struck down with scurvy
The cross erected to Captain Scott and his companions on Observation Hill. The picture was taken at the height of summer when the rocky summit was almost bare of snow
Officers and Men of the Scott expedition on board Terra NovaOfficers and men of the Second British Antarctic Expedition on board the Terra Nova. The view was taken before the vessel left Lyttelton in December 1910
Commander E. R. G Evans of the Scott Polar ExpeditionSecond in command on the ill-fated Scott expedition to reach the South Pole, 1910-1913, Lieutenant Evans (as he then was) returned to Britain in March 1912
Ponies of the Scott Polar ExpeditionSome of the nineteen ponies taken by Captain Scott on his expedition to reach the South Pole in 1910-13
The Second Scott Polar Expedition at the BarrierCaptain Scotts expedition reached the Great Ross Barrier in January - February 1911 showing the immense height of the ice barrier, which in some places reached to 280 feet compared to the Terra Nova
Captain Scott smoking on board the Terra NovaCaptain Scott having a quiet smoke on board the Terra Nova on his way to the Antarctic in December 1910
Dr. Wilson at workDr Wilson, zoologist and artist, at work in the Antarctic (during the Discovery" 1901-3 expedition) examining a thermometer
Captain Scott and Dr. WilsonCaptain Robert Falcon Scott pictured with Dr E. A. Wilson pictured together on their first polar expedition (1901 - 4) photographed before departing on a sledging expedition
Geology in the AntarcticA photograph from Charcots " The Voyage of the Pourquoi Pas" showing a striking example of bare rock in the Graham Land area of the Antarctic
Zoology of the Antarctic Regions drawn by Dr. WilsonA series of heads of the Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, drawn by Dr Wilson, who accompanied and died with Captain Scott on his fateful expedition to reach the South Pole in 1912
Captain Scott on skiImpression of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, leader of the ill-fated expedition to reach the South Pole in 1912, wrapped up in his kit and skiing
People on an outing in a punt, Middle EastA group of people enjoying an outing in a punt, somewhere in the Middle East. Most of them are wearing pith helmets. At the far end of the boat is a native man using a punting pole
