Quote of the day
It goes without saying that the desire to accomplish the task with more confidence, to avoid wasting time and labour, and to spare our experimental animals as much as possible, made us strictly observe all the precautions taken by surgeons in respect to their patients.
Herbert Ponting
Born: March 21, 1870
Died: February 7, 1935 (aged 64)
Bio: Herbert George Ponting was a professional photographer. He is best known as the expedition photographer and cinematographer for Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to the Ross Sea and South Pole.
Known for:
- With Scott to the Pole
- In lotus-land Japan (1910)
- With Scott in the Antarctic







