Oates and Meares at the Blubber Stove in the Stables mb-code 1193406 Plate 1 from Mecanique celeste

Plate 1 from Mecanique celeste

The rain falls as Mr and Mrs Jessamy shelter under a huge umbrella whilst watering their carefully tended garden

Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr pictured in his office at the Apple Corporation

Signed lower left 'H

Oates and Meares at the Blubber Stove in the Stables mb-code 1193406 Plate 1 from Mecanique celeste'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.