Could Captain Scott have been saved? Revisiting Scott's last expedition
ABSTRACT Captain Scott has been criticised for indecisiveness and for not making use of the dog teams for his own relief in his Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913). This essay will demonstrate how a mistake made in Roland Huntford's double biography of Scott and Amundsen in 1979, repeated in pola...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247411000751 2024-03-03T08:48:04+00:00 Could Captain Scott have been saved? Revisiting Scott's last expedition May, Karen 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247411000751 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247411000751 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 49, issue 1, page 72-90 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2012 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247411000751 2024-02-08T08:42:01Z ABSTRACT Captain Scott has been criticised for indecisiveness and for not making use of the dog teams for his own relief in his Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913). This essay will demonstrate how a mistake made in Roland Huntford's double biography of Scott and Amundsen in 1979, repeated in polar writing by various authors until the present day, has maligned Scott's reputation. In fact, Scott left appropriate written orders in October 1911 for the polar party's relief by the dog teams, orders that were not subsequently implemented by the men at base. A re-examination of the actions and roles of two expedition members in particular, Lieutenant E.R.G.R. Evans and Surgeon Edward Atkinson, suggests strongly that misjudgements back at Cape Evans led to the failure of the mission to rescue Scott and his polar party. In this account all distances are in geographical miles. Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Record Cambridge University Press Roland ENVELOPE(-64.050,-64.050,-65.067,-65.067) Atkinson ENVELOPE(-85.483,-85.483,-78.650,-78.650) Cape Evans ENVELOPE(161.550,161.550,-75.100,-75.100) Polar Record 49 1 72 90 |
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ABSTRACT Captain Scott has been criticised for indecisiveness and for not making use of the dog teams for his own relief in his Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913). This essay will demonstrate how a mistake made in Roland Huntford's double biography of Scott and Amundsen in 1979, repeated in polar writing by various authors until the present day, has maligned Scott's reputation. In fact, Scott left appropriate written orders in October 1911 for the polar party's relief by the dog teams, orders that were not subsequently implemented by the men at base. A re-examination of the actions and roles of two expedition members in particular, Lieutenant E.R.G.R. Evans and Surgeon Edward Atkinson, suggests strongly that misjudgements back at Cape Evans led to the failure of the mission to rescue Scott and his polar party. In this account all distances are in geographical miles. |
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