article_snippet.sent: Haunting never-before-seen images showing the South Pole .
  
article_snippet.sent: Scott doomed expedition team setting off on Captain Scott's doomed expedition team ill-fated trek to the South Pole have sold for a staggering £30,000.
article_snippet.sent: The archive of 52 celluloid negatives show the great British adventurer and his men heading off in the snow-covered wilderness during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition of 1912.
article_snippet.sent: Some of the pictures show the herd of ponies Captain Scott's doomed expedition team used to haul the equipment-laden sledges on the 800 mile trek that would end with the deaths of the South Pole .
  
article_snippet.sent: Scott and the polar party of Edward Wilson, Lawrence Oates, Edger Evans and Henry Bowers.
article_snippet.sent: Almost ready: the pictures show the South Pole .
  Scott team preparing to depart on Captain Scott's team ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition of 1912.
article_snippet.sent: Setting off: Captain Scott's team pulling a sled as Captain Scott's team depart from base camp.
article_snippet.sent: The images also show the team of husky dogs used for part of the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition of 1912.
article_snippet.sent: The two types of animal proved to be the South Pole .
  
article_snippet.sent: Scott's downfall as the South Pole .
  
article_snippet.sent: Treacherous conditions: Captain Scott's team had to deal with constant gales which blew across the exposed ice shelf. 
article_snippet.sent: Some of Bowers' pictures show the herd of ponies the team used to haul the equipment-laden sledges on the 800 mile trek that would end with the deaths of Scott and Scott polar party .
article_snippet.sent: Andrew Aldridge, from the auctioneers, said: 'The negatives offer an incredible snapshot into one of the most famous British Antarctic expeditions of the 20th century. '
article_snippet.sent: The clarity of the images is truly remarkable and includes previously unseen elements including the polar party marching, pitching tents and these brave men having lunch. '
highlights_snippet.sent: The photos show the British explorer and his men setting off for the South Pole .
  Scott and four others died on the return journey after being beaten to it .
  