If on a staff or pole, the lowest corner of the flag should be brought to the level of the rail. If flown from a gaff, the flag should be lowered to six feet (1.80 m) above the level of the deck. The ...

Ponting was part of the scientific staff on the 1910-1912 Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole. British explorer and expedition leader Robert Falcon Scott reached the Pole on January 17, 1912.