The Heart of the Great Alone
Scott, Shackelton and Antarctic photography
HERBERT GEORGE PONTING (1870-1935)
Grotto in an iceberg
5 - 5 Jan 1911RCIN 2580016
Photograph of the "Terra Nova" seen from inside a grotto that was formed by an iceberg as it turned over, carrying a large floe which froze onto it. Both Ponting and Scott were struck by the colours of the ice inside this ice grotto; they were a rich mix of blues, purples and greens. Ponting thought that this photograph, framing the Terra Nova, was one of his best.