Navigation and History of Science: The Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition

Jounal of Negative and No Positive Results

Ignacio Jáuregui-Lobera¹ 

[1] Instituto de Ciencias de la Conducta y Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla. España;

关键词: Robert Falcon Scott;    South Pole;    Antarctica;    Terra Nova expedition;    scurvy;    denutrition;    dehydration;   

DOI  :  10.19230/jonnpr.3197

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In 1910, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, a member of the Royal Navy, sailed on his second attempt (he hadpreviously led another expedition in 1901) to reach the South Pole. Two years later, on January 18, 1912,after a dangerous crossing through the frozen plains of Antarctica, Scott and four companions arrived attheir destination, only to discover that the rival Norwegian expedition, commanded by Amundsen, haddefeated them for thirty and five days apart. They found the Amundsen’s tent not yet covered by snow. Inthis article we focus on the story of the "loser", a story full of pain that ended in sleeping bags coveredwith snow in which there were several died men and a Scott’s handwritten note: The English still knowhow to die with gallantry, fighting until the end. Negative results, not positive, that's what this heroic storyis about.

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