Intro

"The Pole. Yes, but under very different circumstances from those expected ... Great God! This is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority."

Capt. Robert F. Scott

Under-prepared and blinded by a sense of destiny, the Terra Nova expedition's leader, Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, finally reached the South Pole. To his horror, the Norwegian team, led by Roald Amundsen, had claimed the pole three days prior. Amundsen had left Scott He had left a tent, some supplies, and a letter to the king of Norway which he asked Scott to deliver.

The letter was never delivered.