Scott’s Antarctic Expedition (Pictures)
At the beginning of last century, the tragic fate of the Antarctic expedition of British polar explorer Robert Scott has shook the world: 18 Jan., 1912, the participants reached the South Pole, but not the glory of pioneers inherited them, and Norwegian polar explorers Robert Amundsen and his companions, who visited there a month earlier.
January 18, 1912. Scott writes in his diary:
January 18, 1912. Scott writes in his diary:
«Norwegians ahead of us – Amundsen was the first at the pole! Monstrous disappointment! All the hardships – for what? I am horrified to think of the way back… ».
The expedition was lost and not reached the base camp. But the most surprising – that the base camps survived to the present day. It survived as if their occupants are about to return.
The expedition was lost and not reached the base camp. But the most surprising – that the base camps survived to the present day. It survived as if their occupants are about to return.
