Picture No | 10423248 |
Date | 1913 |
Description | How Bad Weather held back Captain Scott |
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A map showing the different routes taken by the Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen and the British team led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott towards the South Pole in 1911/12, explaining how Scott's expedition was hampered by unusually bad weather, whereas 'Captain Amundsen was able to bowl along in the sunshine and comparative warmth.'
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Source | Drawing by John Duncan in The Sphere, 13 February 1913, p.iv |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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