Blocking

The process is long, complicated and exhausting, perhaps mirroring some of the aspects of Scott’s own journey in the Antarctic. Last night we began the process of blocking Terra Nova. The props were gathered, the sledge was dragged, a make-shift slope was built and copious amounts of notes were taken. So we begin to form a shape of things to come…




Whilst the photo quality isn’t good, I was taking these ‘on the fly’ as I didn’t want to disturb our hard working cast.

I heard somewhere along the line I’ll be filling in as Petty Officer Evans this week as Karlos is out of town for a trade show. Better brush up on my Welsh accent to help out properly!

Fact: Robert Falcon Scott had actually intended to use the ship he had used in his first expedition to the Pole, the ‘Discovery’. However, the admiralty had sold it to the Hudson’s Bay Company and they refused to sell her back. After looking at some other ships Scott purchased the ‘Terra Nova’.