Group of scientists and officers in Wardroom of Terra Nova.

An informal photograph of the officers and scientists standing or sitting around the table in the Wardroom of the discovery ship Terra Nova (1884) on their way to Ross Island. The photograph includes Debenham's teddy bear on the table with its arm up 'waving' at the camera. The others include:
Captain Scott at the head of the table.
Apsley Cherry-Garrard, standing, first from right
Captain Oates, standing, second from right
Edward Nelson, sitting, first from right
Frank Debenham, sitting, second from right
Raymond Priestley, standing, third from right
Tryggve Gran, sitting, 4th from right, in a hat
Cecil Meares(?), standing fourth from right
Edward Atkinson, sitting, 6th from right, pipe in mouth
Thomas Taylor, sitting, second from left
Henry Bowers, on far left, just his nose and body in the frame.

The print has a typed caption: 'Group in Wardroom of Terra Nova'.

Object Details

ID: ALB1217.6
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ponting, Herbert George
Vessels: Terra Nova (1884)
Date made: 17 December 1910; December 1910
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 116 mm x 168 mm
Parts: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, covering the period 1910-11 (Photograph album)
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