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Terra Nova was a whaler and polar expedition ship. She is best known for carrying the 1910 Terra Nova Expedition, Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition to the South Pole. In 1909, Terra Nova was bought by Captain Robert Falcon Scott of the Royal Navy for the sum of £12,500, as expedition ship for the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910. Reinforced from bow to stern with seven feet of oak to protect against the Antarctic ice pack, she sailed from Cardiff Docks on 15 June 1910 under overall command of Captain Scott. He described her as "a wonderfully fine ice ship.... As she bumped the floes with mighty shocks, crushing and grinding a way through some, twisting and turning to avoid others, she seemed like a living thing fighting a great fight." Photographer: Herbert Ponting |