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Thursday 19th October 1911 – Amundsen Starts His Southern Journey!

Posted on October 19, 2011 by admin

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Polar exploration, 100 years ago today entered a new phase; the “end game”, the start of the expeditions in earnest with Amundsen, after his abortive start a month ago, now starting his push for the pole. Up until now the … Continue reading →

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Scott’s Preparations And How The Motor Sledges Behaved.

Posted on October 19, 2011 by admin

Following on from the theme of my last general blog post ” Justifiable Criticism of Scott? ” this is a good time to introduce an article that, as far as this site is concerned won’t be published in the time-line … Continue reading →

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Justifable Criticism Of Scott?

Posted on October 14, 2011 by admin

If you read many of the comparisons between the two expeditions it seems de rigeur to criticise Scott; badly organised; lack of leadership, etc.. Having read so much now of the written works from the actual expedition members it is … Continue reading →

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Domain Migration Successful!

Posted on October 11, 2011 by admin

Posted an update from Scott just after my last post about picking up the reins again, ironically Scott’s journal has no entry for 11th October 1911, so the entry I posted was for the day before. Next on the to-do … Continue reading →

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Update on site

Posted on October 11, 2011 by admin

That the site has been inactive for so long it’s been really disappointing for me. Unfortunately real life and real work got in the way and I could not give this project the time it needed or deserved. Even more … Continue reading →

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