Where should Captain Scott’s support parties have turned back?

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Lantz, Björn
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Transport Systems and Logistics; History; Jeep problem; Captain Scott; Depot laying; Terra Nova Expedition; Antarctic exploration; Antarctic; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Ross Ice Shelf; South Pole; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247418000098; https://research.chalmers.se/en/publication/68e2575c-a68e-46ac-951f-08a38a30862c

Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s plan for the attempt on the South Pole during the Terra Nova Expedition was to use horses, motor sledges, and dog teams to lay depots on the Ross Ice Shelf and advance the effective starting point for the three man-hauling groups to the foot of the Beardmore Glacier. Hi...