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Herbert G. Ponting
The freezing of the sea
1911, April
Carbon print
74.6 x 58.1 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2580013
LL/93531
Photograph of a thin film of new ice covering the sea with ice blocks in the foreground. The Barne Glacier can be seen in the distance. This view, looking from Cape Evans towards Cape Barne on Ross Island, shows the moment when the sea began to freeze. The men would have realised that they could no longer leave Antarctica. Once winter began, no ships would be able to reach them to bring in supplies or to take anyone out.
Presented to King George V, 1914
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