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Scott announces his 2nd south pole expedition
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1909,Admundsen chartered the Norwegian ship the "Fram" pretending to go on a North pole expedition, whlist secretly going to the south pole
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Admundsen prepares
Admundsen and his crew left Olso on the Fram taking 19 men, 97 huskies, a hut in sections and provisions for 2 years. -
Scott's old hut
Scott;s old hut on Ross Island was blocked by ice, so new winter quarters were built at Cape Evans, also Ross Island. Next Scott organised the setting up of depots and a telephone line between Cape Evans and a Hut Point in less than a week. Admundsen and his team took a good year to do the same. -
Building
The team built a small wooden hut where 9 men spent there winter. They named the hut "Framheim"(home of the Fram) after their ship. -
Scott racing
Scott and his polar team left on their race to the south pole with 14 men on 2 motor sleds and ponies and 2 dog sledges until they could go no further and haul the supplies by foot for the rest of the way. The motor sleds broke down and horse kept sinking into the snow. the weather was miserrable with blizzard -
Last depot
Admundsen reached their last depot -
Scott got beaten by Admundsen
The 5 exhausted and starving men reached the South pole finding that Admundsen beat him by 33 days. -
Admundsen returned
They returned to the bay of whales healthy and excited. -
Oates
The delirous Evans died -
Admundsen calls his victory
Admundsen arrived in Hobart, Tasmania to announces victory. -
Scott's 2nd last diary entry
Scott's second to last diary entry:
Since the 21st we have a continous gale WSW and SW. We had fuel to make 2 cups of tea apiece and bare food for 2 days on the 20th. Everyday we have been ready to start for our depot 11 miles away, but outside the door of the tent it remains a scene of whirling drift. I do not think we can hope for better things now. We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but i do not think i can write -
Bodies were found
They weren't discovered till the next summer.
