Scott’s writing is evocative and increasingly desperate. It captures the crushing blow of finding Amundsen’s black flag already at the Pole.
Relied on ponies and motorized sledges (which failed), then physical pulling. Race for the South Pole: The Expedition Diaries...
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Arrived January 17, 1912; all five members of the polar party perished on the return journey. 📖 Insights from the Diaries Are you writing this for a , a
"The worst has happened... All the daydreams must go."
While Amundsen won the race, Scott won the "legend." The discovery of his diaries and 35 pounds of geological specimens (which they refused to abandon even while dying) cemented his image as a tragic hero of science.
Recorded the arrival at the Pole with characteristic modesty: "So we arrived and were able to plant our flag at the geographical South Pole."