Doomed expedition to the south pole, 1912

on november 12, 1912 an antarctic search party discovered its objective - the tent of captain robert scott and his two companions half buried in the snow. inside, they found the body of captain scott wedged between those of his fellow explorers, the flaps of his sleeping bag thrown back, his coat open. his companions, lieut. henry bowers and dr. edward wilson, lay covered in their

sleeping bags as if dozing. they had been dead for eight months. they were the last members of a five-man team returning to their home base from the pole.
the team had set out on its final push to the pole the previous january. they knew they were in a race to be the first to reach their destination. their competition was a norwegian expedition lead by roald amundsen. the two expeditions employed entirely different strategies. amundsen relied on dogs to haul his men and supplies over the frozen antarctic wasteland. scotts english team...