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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
CAPTAIN SCOTT
On the 24th
of October 1912, Captain Scott wanted to be the first man ever to lay foot on
the South Pole. Getting together food and clothing with the help of four other
men he embarked on this long journey. He didn’t realize what he had started.
With all this
going through his mind he later thought about what transport was needed: ponies
or skies on this long trip? Clothing was now the issue. Thick woollen pants and
leather gloves they chose to use. For food, Oily stews, stale biscuits, coffee
and tea. Not a very nutritious meal.
With
blizzards and scurvy, frost bite and influenza he was in for a big surprise.
Scott still continued to achieve his goal to get to the South Pole. With the
extreme pain that they had only adding more with the loss of transport having
to shoot and eat ponies with the extreme snow.
After some
time they arrived at the South Pole, struggling to keep alive with exhaustion and
pain. When they got there, there was huge disappointment; the Norwegian flag
was already there. 1400km there and back for nothing. With the loss of men on
the way Scott gave his final entry during a huge blizzard. Making camp with no
food he was getting weaker and weaker with this huge blizzard outside. He had
to stay inside for 10 day Scott wrote his final entry. His words:
‘It seems a
pity but I do not think I can write any more, for god’s sake look after my
people.
By: Nikita Weitekamp
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