Panorama Illustrating the Northern Party's Journey and Panorama of Mountains South of Mount Markham

Panorama Illustrating the Northern Party's Journey and Panorama of Mountains South of Mount Markham, 1909

Portfolio/Series title: The Heart of the Antarctic; Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909

Material/technique: photogravure

Credit line: Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, Ellis Omnia D400

Accession number: EL2009.012

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"Climate Change at the Poles," Jan-2009, Kate Meyer, Jennifer Talbott, and Angela Watts
George Marston served as expedition artist for Ernest Shackleton’s (1874-1922) Nimrod expedition. Coastal views like this reproduction after Marston’s original painting played an important role in the pictorial documentation of Antarctica and proved remarkably accurate when compared to surveys conducted during expeditions. This visual record is markedly different from the bird’s eye view seen in other maps in this exhibition. The straight-on perspective emphasizes the striking desolation of this frigid and icy desert.