Terra Nova · The Medicine Chest

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Terra Nova

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Description

Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova expedition reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912 — 23 days too late. Inside a small tent supported by a single bamboo flying a Norwegian flag, was a record of the five who had been the first to reach the pole: Roald Amundsen, the leader, and his team - Olav Olavson Bjaaland, Hilmer Hanssen, Sverre H. Hassel and Oscar Wisting.

On 19 January, they began their 1,300 kilometre journey home, Scott writing: “I’m afraid the return journey is going to be dreadfully tiring and monotonous” (Scott 1914: 548).

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https://wellcomecollection.org/works/vwuzkjgq

Creator

Robert Falcon Scott See all items with this value

Date Created

1912

Source

Scott, R.F. 1914. Scott’s Last Expedition. London: Smith &Elders.

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The Memory of Water

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