The RACE to the POLE. The RACE to the POLE On 1 June, 1910, Captain Scott left London to begin his Antarctic expedition. On his way, he received a.

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The RACE to the POLE

On 1 June, 1910, Captain Scott left London to begin his Antarctic expedition. On his way, he received a telegram from the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen: “I’m going South.” So the race to the South Pole was on!

During the polar summer of 1900−1911, both teams organised food depots in preparation for their expeditions the following year. Then came the total darkness of the polar winter. Scott and Amundsen waited impatiently for the first sings of spring.

Amundsen was the first to leave, on 15 October, 1911 Amundsen was the first to leave, on 15 October, 1911. He had teams of dogs pulling the sledges and all his men were on skis. Because of this, he made rapid progress. Scott left on 1 November and soon had problems. First, his two motor sledges broke down, and then the ponies began to have serious difficulties with the snow and the cold. After a while, Scott and his men had to push the sledges themselves.

Amundsen reached the Pole on 14 December and put a Norwegian flag there. Then he prepared for the return journey. Scott finally arrived at the Pole with four companions on 17 Januarry. They were devastated when they saw the Norwegian flag. The return journey was one of the worst in the history of exploration. The men were soon exhausted and were running out of food.

Despite this, on their way back they found time to look for rocks and fossils. They carried 20 kilos of rocks all the way with them. Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past Antarctica was covered by plants. However, disaster soon struck. Edgar Evans had terrible frostbite and died after a bad fall. The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking.

Scott and two companions carried on and got within eleven miles of one of their food depots. But then a terrible storm started and they could not leave their tent. Scott spent some of his last hours writing. Scott’s final diary entry told the story of their end: “The depot is only 11 miles away, but I do not think we can hope for any better things now. We are getting weaker and weaker and the end can’t be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more.”

The news of Scott’s death shocked the world The news of Scott’s death shocked the world. He had failed to win the race to the Pole, but the remarkable courage shown by Captain Scott and his men made them into heroes.

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