Description
The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott
David M. Wilson
First Edition 2011
Hardback in a good dust jacket
larger format book 11″ X 10″, 191 pages
Illustrated throughout with stunning b+w photographs
Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912.
Almost immediately the myth was founded, based on Scott’s diaries, turning him into an icon of courage in the face of impossible circumstances.
But during the final months of that journey Scott also took a series of breathtaking photographs: panoramas of the continent, superb depictions of mountains and formations of ice and snow, and photographs of the explorers on the polar trail.
But these photos have never been seen – initially fought over, neglected, then lost – until now, that is.
For the first time, they are resurrected and are a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone
I include this book as a tribute to the Ponies who took part
