Polar exploration, surely among the most extreme of human endeavours, attracts a certain kind of person. Single-minded, focused, driven, slightly unhinged – clichés all, but they go some way to describing the remarkable men and women featured in this selection of images from Face to Face: Polar Portraits, a new book that combines modern portaiture by acclaimed expedition photographer Martin Hartley with treasures from the collections of the Scott Polar Research Institute



March 2009