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Race to the South Pole
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Amundwen pretends to go to the North Pole
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Scott announces his second South Pole expedition
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Scott sailed from England to New Zealand
He goes with 3 motor sleges, 19 siberian ponies, 33 huskies and 24 men. -
Amundsen and his crew left Oslo.
taking 19 men, 97 huskies, a hut and provisions for 2 years. -
Fram docked at Madeira in Spain and send a telegram to Scott.
Saying Amundsens on his way to the South Pole. -
Scott left NZ on the Terra Nova
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Scott's old hut on Ross Island was blocked by ice
Scott organised the setting up of depots and a new telephone line between Cape Evans, also on Ross Island. -
Amundsen and his crew reached Antarctica.
He carefully chose the Bay of Whales (Ross Ice Shelf).
It was also 100kms closer to the pole than Scott's base camp, but it meant going over unknown territory. -
Amundsen's team of five men and 52 dogs sef off their race to the South Pole.
They travelled the most direct route and travelled 32 kms each day. -
Scott and his Polar team left on their race to the South Pole.
With 14 men on 2 moto sleds, 10 ponies abd 2 dog sleds. -
Amundsen and his team created a new supply depot.
772 km from the Pole -
Amundsen and his team reached their last supply depot
772 km from the Pole -
It took Amundsen and his team 10 days to climb an explored 3000m mountain glacoer in very good weather.
Amundsen named them after his Norwegian Queen, Maud.
At the top, they took 18 dogs left to go on with them and shot the rest. -
Scott's tired, frozen and starved horses were shot.
They men had to pull their own sleds in deep snow, some men were snow blined and some fell down crevasses. -
Roald Amundsen and crew reaches the South Pole
Its a glorios moment for Amundsen and all men -
Scott choses 4 explorers to accompany him
Edward Wilson, Lawrence Oates, Edgar Evans and Henry Bowers -
Scott's 4 men reach the South Pole
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Amundsen and his team returned to the Bay of Whales healthy and excited
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A delirious Evans died.
A really sad moment for the men -
Amundsen and team arrived in Hobart, Tasmania to annouce victory!!!!!!
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Oates walked out of a tent during a raging blizzard
saying "I'm just going outside and maybe some time" -
Scott's secound last diary entry
" Since the 21st we had continuous gale, WSW and SW. We had fuel to make 2 cups of tea, and piece of 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 of any better things now. We shall stick it out to the end but we are getting weaker, of course, and the end can't be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more" -
last entry
"for god sake look after our people"
