Scott reaches the Pole — second
1912 · Event
After eleven weeks on the march, Scott's five-man party arrives at the Pole to find Amundsen's tent, a Norwegian flag, and a polite letter asking Scott to forward news to the King of Norway. 'Great God! this is an awful place,' Scott writes, 'and terrible enough for us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority.' Eight hundred miles of return march lie ahead.
On these timelines: The Race to the South Pole, Age of Exploration, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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- Amundsen reaches the South Pole (1911)
- Scott's last diary entry (1912)
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- The voyage of the James Caird (1916)
- Amundsen turns south in secret (1910)
- Shackleton turns back 97 miles short (1909)
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