| 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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