ABSTRACT
He returned to his naval career, commanding the Victorious, the Essex and the Bulwark, before being appointed Naval Assistant to 2SL, which indicated that he was highly thought of. In 1909 he announced plans for another expedition to the Antarctic, and that he would attempt to reach the Pole (Shackleton had reached 88°23’S that year). This time the expedition ship was the Terra Nova, and she sailed in June 1910. The march to the Pole started in November 1911, after depots of stores had been established. But Amundsen’s party reached the Pole on 14 December, Scott on 18 January 1912. Scott’s return was hampered by appalling weather, and his party all perished at the end of March, after exhibiting extreme heroism. Scott’s diaries and records of the march survived, but it was not until January 1913 that the fate of the party became known in Great Britain.
