Amundsen And Scott

Amundsen and scott. Nsf photo by dwight bohnet nsf special report u s. History of the conquest of the south pole. Scott has gone down in history for his heroic failure especially in his native england. In the foreground is the ceremonial south pole and the flags for the original 12 signatory nations to antarctic treaty.

Captain scott began his trek three weeks later. The rivalry between british and norwegian expeditions each of which intended to be the first to get to the center of antarctica is one of the most dramatic events in the history of discoveries. Between december 1911 and january 1912 both roald amundsen leading his south pole expedition and robert falcon scott leading the terra nova expedition reached the south pole within five weeks of each other. Amundsen scott south pole station february 2008.

He had reached the pole a full 33 days before captain scott arrived. Speaking from a visit to antarctica scott s grandson told bbc news that his scientific legacy should be better appreciated. This approach is good for showing the parties locations. The amundsen scott south pole station is a usa operated scientific research station at the south pole.

Amundsen and his crew returned to their base camp on 25 january 1912 99 days and roughly 1400 nautical miles after their departure. On the return leg the men abandoned surplus stores some of which would be gratefully collected by scott s. Ivan siiak december 24 2014. Amundsen s route was more to the east while the framheim base was almost a degree to the south of scott s camp.

Traditionally scott s and amundsen s expedition are portrayed as lines on a map. Still amundsen was overlooked for many years largely being in the shadow of scott it was only when the scott myth began to be questioned from the late 1960 s onwards that amundsen was able to emerge into the light somewhat even in his native norway. Not until the 100th anniversary of reaching the pole the 14th of december 2011 was a south. Scott s honorable safeguarding of this letter would be the proof of amundsen s success.

But while scott and his four companions died on the return journey amundsen s party managed to reach the geographic south pole first and subsequently return to their base camp at. Scott s mission was made all the more urgent by the knowledge that another explorer was seeking the pole.