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Robert Falcon Scottwas a British RoyalNavy ocer andexplorer who ledthe ill-fated TerraNova Expedition,191013. One hun-

dred years ago, onJan. 17, 1912, theteam reached theSouth Pole, only tofind that they hadbeen beaten there byanother group. Ontheir return

journey, theteamperishedfromexhaustion,starvationand extremecold.

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Left to right: Dr. Edward Wilson, Capt.Robert Scott & Capt. Lawrence Oates(Titus) (Standing) - Lieut. Henry Bowersand Petty Ocer Edgar Evans (Sitting).

Knowinghewasdaysfromdeathonhistrek,Scott

wrotetohis wife"Weare inaverytight

cornerandIhavedoubtsofpullingthrough."

The explorerassuredhiswifethathefacedhisendwithoutregret.

"Howmuchbetterithasbeenthanloungingincomfortathome."

A LETTER HOME

1910June 15 RobertF. Scott's ship,the Terra Nova,sets sail fromCardi, England,with a crew of 65

men

Nov 29 Terra Novaleaves New Zealand,

where it picked upadditional cargo including 34dogs, 19 Siberian ponies andthree motorized sledges. It is hitby a heavy storm and loses someof its cargo.

Dec 10 The ship encounterspacked ice barricading the wayto Ross Sea and is halted for 20days.

1911Jan 4 Arrive at Ross Island.

Jan 27 12 men, eight poniesand two dog teams set out to laydepots for use on the polarjourney which would begin thefollowing spring

Feb 17 The last depot (One TonDepot) is laid 50 km short of itsintended destination due to poorhealth of the ponies.

Oct 24 The first team sets outwith two motor sledges but thesledges break down, so the men

haul supplies.Nov 1 Scott and another teamsets out with ponies and dogs.

1912Jan 3 Scott chooses four mento continue with him to the Poleand instructs the others toreturn.

Jan 6 Cross the line of latitudewhere a previous explorer, SirErnest Henry Shackleton, turnedback and were farther south, asthey believed, than any man hadbeen before.

Jan 17 Scott and his teamarrive at the pole, 33 days afterRoald Amundsen's Norwegianexpedition. Oates, Evans andBowers all suered from severefrostbite. Scott wrote, GreatGod! This is an awful place andterrible enough for us to havelaboured to it without the rewardof priority.

Journey to the South PoleJan. 19 The team heads home.Jan 23 The men were becoming very tired,and suering from injuries: Wilson waslimping with a pulled leg; Scott fell andbruised his shoulder; Evans hand lost twofingernails.

Feb 7 Reached the head of the BeardmoreGlacier.

Feb 8 Started their descent.Feb 11 Became disoriented after a wrongturn; were traveling around in a maze ofridges, growing weaker as their food rationsdwindles,

Feb 17 Evans dies.

Mar 3 Arrived at the Southern Barrierdepot. Temperature was down to -40 C.Oates was immense pain; his toes wereblack and gangrene was setting in.

Mar 16/17 Conditions deteriorate;Temperature fell to -41 C, raging blizzard.Wilson was too weak to help make camp.

Oates dies.Mar 20 They were only 17 km from OneTon Depot but the blizzard stopped themfrom continuing on. Have decided it shallbe naturalwe shall march for the depotand die in our tracks", wrote Scott.

Mar 29 They did not march again and onMarch 29 Scott made his last entry: Itseems a pity, but I do not think that I canwrite more. R. Scott. For God's sake lookafter our people.

Nov 12 A search party finds the bodies ofBowers, Wilson and Scott just 18 km fromOne Ton Depot. Also found were rolls of film,

a meteorological log and 16 kg of fossils.

Terra

Nova

SOUTH POLE

Last Depot

3 Degree Depot

Beardmore GlacierMT Hope Blizzard

Upper BarrierDepot

One Ton Depot

Motor CornerCamp

BARRIEREDGE

ROSS SEA

ROSS ISLAND

Tent

BARRIER

BLUFF

Evans Died

Oates DiedTHE FINAL TEAM

SETTING SAIL THE RETURN