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'Oates and Meares at the Blubber Stove in the Stables', Antarctica, 1911. Artist: Herbert Ponting

'Oates and Meares at the Blubber Stove in the Stables', Antarctica, 1911. Artist: Herbert Ponting

1-632-707 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

'Oates and Meares at the Blubber Stove in the Stables', Antarctica, 1911. Two of the members of Captain Scott's 'Terra Nova' South Pole expedtion. Captain Lawrence Oates (1880-1912) was one of the party that reached the pole but perished on the return journey. Cecil Meares was a dog team driver on the expedition.

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Creator
  1. Herbert Ponting, attributed to: British: Photographer
Subject
  1. Lawrence Oates: British: Explorer
  2. Cecil H Meares: British: dog team driver, chief handler, Russian interpreter
People Related
  1. Robert Falcon Scott: British: Naval officer, explorer
Medium
  1. Photograph
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World Antarctica

  1. 83 50 37 S , 065 43 30 E
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5007x3498
File Size : 51,312kb

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  1. 255065
  1. 0600000339
  1. 1-632-707
  1. 1632707
  1. 255065
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