Lara's Reviews > Still Life: Inside The Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton

Really stunning photography, and the essays about Scott and Shackleton and about the importance of preserving their bases in the Antarctic are good as well. Excellent presentation. My complaints are the same as others'--a lot of the photographs don't have captions, so it's impossible for someone who isn't there seeing what Ussher was seeing to know what some objects are or what their significance might be, beautiful though the images are. There's also a lot of talk about the iconic photos of the men using the huts during the expeditions in the early 1900s, which are not included here. It would have been really interesting to see those old photos next to these for comparison. I have tons of other books at home that do include those photographs, so I can easily make comparisons myself if I so choose, but I imagine many others might have trouble with that. Still, for what it is, I think it's really beautifully done, and I can see myself coming back to this one often, especially as (sadly!!!!!!) I kind of doubt I'll ever get to visit these places in person.