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Herbert G. Ponting

A formation known as "Castle Iceberg" rises 100 feet in the air on Cape Evans, Antarctica, in this image from the March 1924 issue. Photographer Herbert G. Ponting was the official documentarian of Robert F. Scott's expedition from 1910-1913.

The S.S. Terra Nova ferried explorers to Antarctica from 1910 to 1912. Originally a whaling ship, after Antarctica, the ship was a supply vessel until it sank in 1943 off Southern Greenland.

Men construct a sledge used to haul items during the expedition. The South Pole team took five tents, 10 ponies, 23 dogs, 13 sledges, and several pairs of skis on their journey.

Doctor Edward Atkinson conducts experiments in his lab during the expedition. Part of Scott's goal was to "take every advantage ... to study natural phenomena," as he wrote to the British Royal Geographical Society before his journey.

For their trip, the expedition brought sled dogs, 3 motor sledges, 162 mutton carcasses, 19 ponies, 33 dogs, and more than 450 tonnes of coal—not to mention 65 people, from sailors to scientists.

Members from Robert Falcon Scott's polar expedition stand on the shore and wave to departing comrades. Although most of the team stayed on the coast, 16 men set off for the South Pole—only to perish on their return journey.

A member of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole stands on a water-worn iceberg near Mt. Erebus in Antarctica. After the continent's discovery in 1820, it took nearly 100 years for explorers to reach the pole.

An iceberg floats away from the shore.

A penguin holds out her wings to protect her two chicks.

The sheer size of the Castle iceberg dwarfs the figure standing below.