Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition reached the South Pole on January 17, 1912, only to find that Roald Amundsen's team had beaten them by 33 days. Amundsen had left a letter to be delivered to King Haakon VII of Norway should the Norwegian expedition perish on their return journey. Scott made his disappointment clear in his diary: "The worst has happened"; "All the day dreams must go"; "Great God! This is an awful place".
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Scott's party at the South Pole: Oates, Bowers, Scott, Wilson and Evans |
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