Group of scientists and officers in Wardroom of Terra Nova
Group of scientists and officers in Wardroom of Terra Nova
An informal photograph of the officers and scientists standing or sitting around the table in the Wardroom of the discovery ship Terra Nova (1884) on their way to Ross Island. The photograph includes Debenham's teddy bear on the table with its arm up 'waving' at the camera. The others include:
Captain Scott at the head of the table. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, standing, first from right. Captain Oates, standing, second from right. Edward Nelson, sitting, first from right. Frank Debenham, sitting, second from right. Raymond Priestley, standing, third from right. Tryggve Gran, sitting, 4th from right, in a hat. Cecil Meares(?), standing fourth from right. Edward Atkinson, sitting, 6th from right, pipe in mouth. Thomas Taylor, sitting, second from left.
Henry Bowers, on far left, just his nose and body in the frame.
The print has a typed caption: 'Group in Wardroom of Terra Nova'.
Object number: ALB1217.6
Date: 1911
Artist: Herbert George Ponting
Original dimensions: 116 mm x 168 mm
- Image reference: S1456
- © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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