Could Captain Scott have been saved? Cecil Meares and the ‘second journey’ that failed : a response to Bill Alp
Alp makes some factual corrections regarding the ‘second obfuscation’ and ‘third obfuscation’ identified in the article. Regarding the ‘second obfuscation’, Alp is correct that the man-haulers (of the 3 X.S. supplies) had not yet returned from base on 17 January 1912, and would not return until 23 J...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247418000244 2024-03-03T08:48:06+00:00 Could Captain Scott have been saved? Cecil Meares and the ‘second journey’ that failed : a response to Bill Alp May, Karen 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247418000244 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247418000244 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 54, issue 2, page 183-187 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2018 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247418000244 2024-02-08T08:33:09Z Alp makes some factual corrections regarding the ‘second obfuscation’ and ‘third obfuscation’ identified in the article. Regarding the ‘second obfuscation’, Alp is correct that the man-haulers (of the 3 X.S. supplies) had not yet returned from base on 17 January 1912, and would not return until 23 January. However, Alp's objection does not exonerate Meares. On 31 January 1912, expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard recorded that Meares supposedly had considered departing on the ‘second journey’, but had been assured by the man-haulers that there was already ‘plenty for all parties’ with ‘what they had left at 1 Ton’. The key date was 17 January 1912, when Meares still had time to either leave (for the ‘second journey’, a projected two-week depot run) or remain at base. Meares’ inaction on that date therefore cannot be excused by reassurance from the man-haulers on what they ‘had left’ at One Ton, as on 17 January the man-haulers had not yet returned to base to deliver such reassurance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Polar Record Cambridge University Press Cherry-Garrard ENVELOPE(168.683,168.683,-71.300,-71.300) Polar Record 54 2 183 187 |
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Alp makes some factual corrections regarding the ‘second obfuscation’ and ‘third obfuscation’ identified in the article. Regarding the ‘second obfuscation’, Alp is correct that the man-haulers (of the 3 X.S. supplies) had not yet returned from base on 17 January 1912, and would not return until 23 January. However, Alp's objection does not exonerate Meares. On 31 January 1912, expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard recorded that Meares supposedly had considered departing on the ‘second journey’, but had been assured by the man-haulers that there was already ‘plenty for all parties’ with ‘what they had left at 1 Ton’. The key date was 17 January 1912, when Meares still had time to either leave (for the ‘second journey’, a projected two-week depot run) or remain at base. Meares’ inaction on that date therefore cannot be excused by reassurance from the man-haulers on what they ‘had left’ at One Ton, as on 17 January the man-haulers had not yet returned to base to deliver such reassurance. |
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