by Brad Borkan
The photograph is from Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition and was taken on December 13, 1911. It shows the Bowers sledge party. The men pulling the sledge using harnesses are, from left to right, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Birdie Bowers, Patrick Keohane and Tom Crean. Dr. Edward Wilson is pushing on the sledge from the far side. The shape of his head and one of his shoulders are barely visible. Captain Robert Scott is the person whose back is to the camera pushing the sledge. It is believed that this photo was taken by Scott using a string to pull the shutter.
In this photograph, they are trying to drag the sledge through deep snow into the tracks created earlier by Lt. Evans’ sledge party. The tracks lead towards the Beardmore Glacier.
The information about this photograph is based on correspondence with David Wilson. The reference is: A Revised Illustrated Catalogue of Captain Scott’s Photographs: 2016, David M. Wilson, (ISBN: 978-0-901021-27-4), published by the Scott Polar Research Institute, © 2016
Use of this photograph was obtained from the Scott Polar Research Institute.
The stylized pictures at the start of each chapter were created using either contemporary photographs kindly provided for our use by friends, or historic photographs as noted below.
It’s Your Call: Photograph by Joan Boothe
Chapter 1: Based on Herbert Ponting’s photograph from Part III of To the South Pole, Captain Scott's Own Story Told from his Journals. Strand Magazine, 1913
Chapter 2: Photographic montage of images by Katie Murray and Rob Stephenson
Chapter 3: Based on a photograph by Robert Scott that appeared in The Great White South by Herbert Ponting, 1923 edition
Chapter 4: Composite image crafted from a photograph by Joan Boothe and a photograph by Herbert Ponting that appeared in Scott's Last Expedition, 1913 edition
Chapter 5: Based on a photograph by Herbert Ponting that appeared in The Great White South 1923 edition
Chapter 6: Based on a photograph by Herbert Ponting that appeared in The Great White South 1923 edition
Chapter 7: Photograph by Katie Murray
Chapter 8: Photograph by Vijay Samalam
Chapter 9: Photograph by Katie Murray
Chapter 10: Based on a photograph by Herbert Ponting that appeared in The Great White South 1923 edition
Chapter 11: Photograph by Katie Murray
Chapter 12: Photograph by Valerie Kerr
Postscript: Photograph by Vijay Samalam
About the Authors
Brad Borkan has a graduate degree in Decision Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania where he co-authored two books on decision making with a Wharton professor. His twenty years with leading software companies has focused on helping large organizations improve their decision processes.
David Hirzel has written a three-part polar biography of the Irish explorer Tom Crean, a key player in Scott’s and Shackleton’s expeditions. The final book of this series, Antarctic Voyager, was launched at the South-Polesium conference in Scotland (May 2015). Sailor on Ice: Tom Crean with Scott in the Antarctic has been optioned for a documentary due for release in 2017.
Business decision workshops and public speaking
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