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Amundsens Tent at the South Pole, January 1912, (1913). Artist: Henry Bowers

Amundsen's Tent at the South Pole, January 1912, (1913). Expedition leader Captain Robert F Scott (1868-1912), Dr Edward Wilson (1872-1912) and Petty Officer Edgar Evans (1876-1912) died on the way back from the South Pole. The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole. The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913), included a geologist, a zoologist, a surgeon, a photographer, an engineer, a ski expert, a meteorologist and a physicist among others. Scott wished to continue the scientific work that he had begun when leading the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic in 1901-04. He also wanted to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. Scott, accompanied by Dr Edward Wilson, Captain Lawrence Oates, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Petty Officer Edgar Evans, reached the Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that the Norwegian expedition under Amundsen had beaten them to their objective by a month. Delayed by blizzards, and running out of supplies, Scott and the remainder of his team died at the end of March. Their bodies and diaries were found eight months later. From Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I. [Smith, Elder & Co. London, 1913]

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Scott-Hansen and Johansen Inspecting the Barometers, 1893-1896, (1897)

Scott-Hansen and Johansen Inspecting the Barometers, 1893-1896, (1897). Sigurd Scott-Hansen (1868-1937) and Fredrik Hjalmar Johansen (1867-1913) were two explorers who took part to the three year expedition (1893-1896) aboard the Fram led by Nansen. Scott-Hansen was the first lieutenant in the navy and navigator and scientific assistant. He was the youngest of Nansen's crew. Johansen was lieutenant in the Reserve. From Farthest North, Vol. 1 by Fridtjof Nansen. [Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1897]

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Their Majesties the King and Queen of Sweden and Norway, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Their Majesties the King and Queen of Sweden and Norway, 1844. Portrait of Josephine of Leuchtenberg and Oscar I of Sweden. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

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