A charming Introduction by Lady Scott puts into words what every reader will feel, and draws attention to the loyalty to the leader of the expedition which pervades the book. Mr. Ponting is to be congratulated sincerely on the beautiful setting he has provided for this great memory.

 

Lady Scott quotes her husband's praise for Ponting: Of the many admirable points in his work perhaps the most notable are his eye for a picture and the mastery he has acquired of ice subjects. The composition of his pictures is extraordinarily good; he seems to know by instinct the exact value of foreground and middle distance and of the introduction of life, whilst with more technical skill he emphasises the subtle shadows of the snow and reproduces its wonderfully transparent texture.

 

He is an artist in love with his work, and it was good to hear his enthusiasm for results of the past and plans for the future. A marvellous pictorial record of not only the great final expedition of Captain Scott and his men (1910-1913 ), but of the life and scenery of the Antarctic. Hardcover, Ex Lib, rebound, No DJ, Very Good..