6th of January
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events


Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic Expedition (South Pole Expedition) on the ship Terra Nova, 1910 - 1913.

1911 - The Terra Nova off Ross Island, picture by Herbert Ponting.

    "The sun has returned. To-day it seemed better than ever and the glare was blinding. There are quite a number of cases of snow blindness... the ship is able to lay at the ice edge without steam; a splendid saving."