Edited by Gerald Boerner
Commentary:
The early 20th century was a time of innovation and discovery. History records the Wright Brothers first flight, Ford’s Model T from an assembly line, new weapons of warfare, and, oh yeah, the exploration of the last frontiers on our planet — the North Pole, the South Pole, and the dark continent of Africa. We explore the quest of the South Pole today. It was not to require only navigational skill, but these explorers were confronted by the elements of nature, such as winds, extreme cold, and unpredictable snow packs. They faced not a land mass, but a continent with a “frosting” of glacial ice!.
The discovery of Antarctica and the South Pole captured the energies of the adventurers: Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen, and Robert Falcon Scott. The latter is the focus of this blog posting.
Scott was not the first explorer to reach the South Pole. Amundsen beat him on that front. But Scott’s team did reach the pole. And they met the same fate on their return trip. In fact, they discovered the last camp of the Amundsen expedition before they too met their fate. It is a cruel and hard world out their!
So, let’s get on with our own journey of exploration… GLB
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Quotations Related to ROBERT FALCON SCOTT:
“Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over.”
— Robert Falcon Scott
“We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.”
— Robert Falcon Scott
“The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.”
— Robert Falcon Scott