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  • Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Edgar ‘Taff’ Evans and Lawrence Oates arrived at the South Pole on January 17th 1912. It was an enormous achievement, but this fact was all but lost on the Polar Party, as they realised they had been beaten to the accolade of ‘First to the Pole’, by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team. As they had approached the Pole they had spotted a black flag, planted by Amundsen, and the sickening realisation that they had lost the race, dawned upon them.

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    On This Day 31st December 1911

    On This Day 31st December 1911

    Scott & Polar Team at 87º S, on 31st December 1911 Terra Nova Expedition Tom Crean spent New Years Eve 1911 on Antarctica’s Polar Plateau, as a member …

  • Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Edgar ‘Taff’ Evans and Lawrence Oates arrived at the South Pole on January 17th 1912. It was an enormous achievement, but this fact was all but lost on the Polar Party, as they realised they had been beaten to the accolade of ‘First to the Pole’, by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team. As they had approached the Pole they had spotted a black flag, planted by Amundsen, and the sickening realisation that they had lost the race, dawned upon them.

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    On This Day – January 17th 1912

    On This Day – January 17th 1912

    Scott’s Polar Party Reach The South Pole. Terra Nova Expedition. “Great God! This is an awful place …..” Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry …

  • On January 22nd 1913 Tom Crean, and the rest of the expedition team raised a memorial cross in honour of the Polar Party, all of whom had died on their return march from the South Pole. The cross was placed on the summit of Observation Hill, which is 754 ft high and looks out across the Ross Ice Shelf where the men perished.

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    On This Day – January 22nd 1913

    On This Day – January 22nd 1913

    Memorial Cross Raised On Observation Hill. Terra Nova Expedition. On January 22nd 1913 Tom Crean, and the Terra Nova expedition team, raised a memorial …

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