{"product_id":"the-lost-photographs-of-captain-scott-unseen-images-from-the-legendary-antarctic-expedition","title":"The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott: Unseen Images from the Legendary Antarctic Expedition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe myth of Scott of the Antarctic  Captain Robert Falcon Scott  icon of fortitude and courage who perished with his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole on March 29th  1912  is an enduring one  elevated  dismantled and restored during the turbulence of the succeeding century.  Until now  the legend of the doomed Terra Nova expedition has been constructed out of Scotts own diaries and those of his companions  the sketches of Uncle Bill Wilson and the celebrated photographs of Herbert Ponting. Yet for the final  fateful months of their journey  the systematic imaging of this extraordinary scientific endeavor was left to Scott himself  trained by Ponting. In the face of extreme climactic conditions and technical challenges at the dawn of photography  Scott achieved an iconic series of images; breathtaking polar panoramas  geographical and geological formations  and action photographs of the explorers and their animals  remarkable for their technical mastery as well as for their poignancy. Lost  fought over  neglected and finally resurrected  Scotts final photographs are here collected  accurately attributed and catalogued for the first time: a new dimension to the last great expedition of the Heroic Age and a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946104582197,"sku":"ByrdShop_0316178500","price":46.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780316178501.jpg?v=1769924188","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-lost-photographs-of-captain-scott-unseen-images-from-the-legendary-antarctic-expedition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}