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Herbert G. Ponting
Grotto in an iceberg
1911, 5 January
Carbon print
74.6 x 53.8 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2580016
LL/93534
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.
Presented to King George V, 1914
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