article_snippet: In some pictures, the herd of ponies the team used to haul the equipment-laden sledges on the 800 mile trek can be seen.
article_snippet: This picture shows the constant gales that blew across the exposed ice shelf .
article_snippet: The dog   team with dog    dogs and ponies on the Ross Ice Shelf preparing for The dog   team with their dogs and ponies on the Ross Ice Shelf doomed departure for the South Pole. 
article_snippet: The expedition ponies sheltering behind a ice berm built by Scott's men to protect Scott's men from the wind. 
article_snippet: Pony sleds on the vast featureless Ross Ice Shelf. 