#OnThisDay in 1912, British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
"Great God! this is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority."
"Great God! this is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority."
Journal, 17 January 1912: "We have had a fat Polar hoosh in spite of our chagrin, and feel comfortable inside – added a small stick of chocolate and the queer taste of a cigarette brought by Wilson.
Now for the run home and a desperate struggle.
I wonder if we can do it."
Now for the run home and a desperate struggle.
I wonder if we can do it."
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Captain Scott's sledging goggles
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