A little over 100 years ago, Robert Scott led a privately funded British expedition to travel the Arctic to become the first people to successfully reach the South Pole.
Scott, who had previously been a senior member on another Arctic expedition, was chosen to lead a group of 65 men who used the Terra Nova supply ship to guide them on the initial portion of the journey. Because of the name of the ship, Scott's mission has been historically referred to as the Terra Nova Expedition.
Scott was not the only group looking to be the first to reach the South Pole. A Norwegian group with Roald Amundsen at the helm was traveling on the other side of the Arctic down to the South Pole at the same time.
Scott's crew successfully reached the South Pole on January 12, 1912, but were ultimately beaten by Amundsen's crew by over a month. Supplies were low for the trip back north and temperatures were beyond frigid. Scott and his crew did not make it and a search party found Scott's frozen body in November 1912.
The Terra Nova remained in service until 1943, when it sank off the coast of Greenland. That legendary ship was recently discovered and its wreckage was filmed by the Schmidt Ocean Institute last month.
Here we chronicle Scott's fateful journey.
Robert Scott, the veteran of a previous Antarctic expedition, was tabbed by private investors to lead a journey to be the first group to successfully reach the South Pole.
Scott and his carefully selected 65 member crew used a supply ship called the SS Terra Nova and carried an incredibly large amount of supplies.
Even ponies were brought along to ensure that Scott and his crew would be the first people to ever reach the South Pole.
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