Robert Falcon Scott

Inner Picture: An exhibition in collaboration with Orleans House Gallery, London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames

Scott was an Antarctic explorer who led his first expedition in his ship the Discovery between 1901-4. His second expedition reached the South Pole on 18 January 1912 only to find that the Norwegian explorer, Raoul Amundsen had beaten him there. Scott and his companions perished on their return journey from the Pole and remain buried beneath a cairn of ice where a search party found them eight months later. In this photograph, taken by a member of his expedition, Scott is shown working on his famous journal in his hut at Cape Evans, his winter base.

    Robert Falcon Scott,    by Herbert George Ponting,    7 October 1911,    NPG P23,    © National Portrait Gallery, London Robert Falcon Scott, by Herbert George Ponting, 7 October 1911

Josh created a museum piece about the explorer Robert Falcon Scott. The installation included objects like those taken on Scott's last expedition to the South Pole, including his log book, photographs of his family and loved ones, his writing set and pipe. The log book included an afterword, describing conspiracy theories about Scott's death.

An open book resting on a red fabric inside a plastic case
Robert Falcon Scott, Explorer by Josh Lindell
Shelving and images on a wall, next to a case containing a book
Shelving and photographs on a wall