The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott
The Journals of
Robert F. Scott
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The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott
Vol. 1 of ‘Scott's Last Expedition’
Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the Antarctic Pole in 1911 is part triumph, part
tragedy — but also a mythic adventure story which has inspired books, articles, and
films over the generations. As so often in such cases the ‘truth’ of the explorers’
experiences (and there were many important figures in the party besides Scott) is
much more rich, varied, and fascinating than the boy scout stereotype. Few know for
example how much time during the many months of the journey were spent in
scientific researches which remain of huge value to this day. But what comes across
most vividly in Scott’s fascinating and finally very moving diary account is the
complexity of the man and his closest comrades who reached the Pole fatally too
late (the Norwegian Amundsen has beaten them to it by many weeks), then died
trekking home, facing tortuous weather conditions, dwindling food supplies, and that
gnawing, bitter sense of defeat. Ironically Robert Falcon Scott is now far more
famous than Amundsen: his triumph secured by history and by myth. For if Scott
was finally an imperfect explorer, he was the perfect author of his own amazing tale.
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Cover image: Scott, Oates, Evans and Wilson with Amundsens Polheim-Tent, January 18, 1911.
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