A career working in Burma, Korea, Java, China, Japan and India, Herbert George Ponting is undoubtedly best known for his work on the Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic with Captain Scott in 1911. This exhibition will be looking at his life and work with photographs from Scott's Polar Research Institute in Cambridge University and research carried out by biographer Anne Strathie.
Talk
Herbert Ponting: Scott's Antarctic Photographer and Pioneer Filmmaker
Wednesday 21 June 2023, 1pm, Free, donations welcome
Join biographer Anne Strathie, author of 'Herbert Ponting: Scott's Antarctic Photographer and Pioneer Filmmaker' (2021) on a journey looking at the life and career of Herbert George Ponting.
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Talk, Wednesday 21 June 2023, 1pm, Free, donations welcome
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