Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
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