| Description | Landscapes, portraits, and records of the activities of the crew and scientific staff of the National Antarctic Expedition, led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott.
Also known as the 'Discovery Expedition' after the vessel RS Discovery. The exploratory party was organised under a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society to gather scientific information "to make a magnetic survey in the southern regions to the south of the fortieth parallel and to carry out meteorological, oceanographic, geological, biological and physical investigations and researches" and map the Antarctic region. The expedition set a new 'Furthest South'.
The crew included Ernest Shackleton as third lieutenant. The scientists on board were: Louis Bernacchi, physicist; Hartley T. Ferrar, geologist; Thomas Vere Hodgson, naturalist; Edward Adrian Wilson, assistant surgeon and vertebrate zoologist; Reginald W. Skelton engineer and photographer.
The majority of these photographs were taken by Reginald Skelton who produced plates in three different formats: half plates, quarter plates and 5"x4"plates. A portion of the original photographs were reproduced in print to illustrate the scientific reports of the expedition, and in an 'Album of photographs and sketches with a portfolio of panoramic view', published by the Royal Society in 1908. |