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- Captain Scott
- was well-known
- for his voyage to
- the Antarctic in
- 1901-4, which got
- closer to the South
- Pole than previous
- expeditions. But he
- became one of
- England's abiding
- heroes after the
- attempt to beat
- Amundsen to the
- pole resulted in
- his lonely death
- #
- News of Scott's
- heroic failure was
- reported in detail
- in the Times of
- London. The tone
- was sympathetic,
- even though his
- team died along
- with him. The
- expedition's loss
- was attributed
- to bad luck
- #
- Breathtakingly
- beautiful pictures
- such as this one of
- the Ice Grotto, are
- one result of the
- expedition. (Scott's
- ship, Terra Nova,
- can be seen in the
- background). A
- more important,
- but lesser known
- legacy are the
- scientific records
- and samples which
- the team collected
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- So great was
- Scott's esteem
- in the eyes of
- the nation that
- the huge Royal
- Albert Hall in
- London was hired
- when Commander
- Evans, second in
- command, told the
- story of the exped-
- ition. Every seat
- was taken, by
- members of the
- Royal Geographical
- Society and their
- friends
- #
- Little happened
- to disturb Scott's
- mythical status
- in English minds
- until the public-
- ation of a book
- portraying Scott
- as an arrogant and
- amateurish leader.
- The book caused a
- storm of contro-
- versy but did no
- real damage to
- Scott's heroic
- reputation
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