Utilizing digital technology, about 1,700 glass plates made by Herbert Ponting have been preserved and the images are now on line. Ponting was Scott's official photographer for the Antarctic Expedition of 1910. The plates were 5x7.
Click on Freeze Frame and check out the Ponting gallery. There is some beautiful work displayed, made under difficult conditions.
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