British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 - Captain Robert Scott and four others tried to be the first to reach the South Pole, Roald Amundsen beat them by just over a month, while Amundsen and his men came back safely, Scott's party all died on the return from the pole - what led to the death of Scott's party?
The last entry in Scott's diary was on the 29th of March 1912, it is assumed but not certain that this was the date on which he died. His body and those of Edward Wilson and Henry "Birdie" Bowers were found in their tent nearly eight months later on the 12th of November 1912. They had made camp for the last time ten days earlier on the 19th of March. Scott continued to write his diary and letters in this final camp. It seems that he was the last of the three to die.
A large snow cairn built over the final camp and the bodies of Scott, Bowers and Wilson on the Great Ice Barrier (now called the Ross Ice Shelf), 12th November 1912. The poles were removed and the bodies covered by the tent, it became buried by drifting snow.
Of their other two companions, Edgar "Taff" Evans had died on the 17th of February and Captain Lawrence Oates "The Soldier" had walked out of the tent to his death on the 17th of March.
