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Scott’s lost Antarctica photographs bought for the nation
Pictures acquired with help of Heritage Lottery Fund grant in time for centenary of ill-fated journeyThe last photographs taken by Captain Robert Scott, lost for most of the 20th century, have been bought for the nation in time for the centenary of his doomed expedition to reach the south pole on 17 January 1912. The anniversary is being marked by many institutions, including:• The Natural History Museum in London, where an exhibition on the venture featuring a recreation of Scott’s hut which survives in Antarctica, opens on Friday.• A conference at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, where there is an exhibition with many surviving artefacts.• The Historic Dockyard at Portsmouth, where a single white rose will be laid at the foot of his statue – sculpted by his widow, Kathleen, and commissioned and paid for by the officers of HMS Vernon in 1915.• Andthe British Services Antarctic Expedition in Antarctica, which is currently hauling scientific equipment across the ice on a research and exploration expedition.