I have here for sale a book entitled THE GREAT WHITE SOUTH Or With Scott In The Antarctic by Herbert G. Ponting, and published by Duckworth & Co, London, 1923. Third (cheap) edition. Being an account of experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole expedition and of the nature life of the Antarctic. With 164 photographic illustrations by the author, 11 by Captain Scott and others, a map & 2 drawings. This book details the Scott's ill fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910–1913.


Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 – 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901–1904 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910–1913. 

Herbert G. Ponting (1870-1935) was a professional war and nature photographer before Scott selected him to be part of his last expedition. Ponting was the first professional photographer to accompany an Antarctic expedition.


Bound in blue cloth hardboards with red lettering and emblem to front board and spine. Bumped and chipped to head and tail of spine, and sunned to spine. The front board is detaching from the binding block. Small pen inscriptions to the front free endpapers otherwise pages clean. This book is in fair overall condition. 305 pages. 22.5 x 14.5 cm.


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