Tom Crean - Antarctic Explorer
A brief overview of the life of Ireland's greatest Antarctic explorer.
The Great White South
The Great White South was written by Herbert Ponting who had accompanied Robert Falcon Scott on the ill fated Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica. Leaf through its pages below or download free for Kindle.
A full screen option is available and recommended.
Herbert Ponting was the official cameraman on Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition, 1910- 1913, capturing for posterity some fascinating footage of Scott’s legendary and ultimately tragic campaign. As well as publishing the book, The Great White South, he also released his footage as a silent documentary called The Great White Silence, in 1924, but with the coming of sound to film making, he decided to narrate the footage himself and released a version, called 90º South in 1933.
Watch 90º South here.
