9th of December
Historical
Antarctic Pictures and Events
Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic Expedition (South Pole Expedition) on the ship Terra Nova, 1910 - 1913.
1911 - At the foot of the Beardmore Glacier, Scott's South Pole party shoot their ponies before ascending the glacier.
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"The horses could hardly move, sank up to their bellies, and finally lay down.
They had to be driven, lashed on. It was a grim business."
Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic Expedition (South Pole Expedition) on the ship Terra Nova, 1910 - 1913.
1911 - Cape Adare.
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"Disaster on a whole scale overtook several colonies of the birds (penguins) …
A snowdrift and good deal of the rock beneath it was precipitated
on to the beach... I dug out five... two seemed unhurt and
showed their pleasure at their release by fastening to my
legs and belabouring my shins with their flippers, evidently
under the impression that I was responsible for the disaster."
George Levick with Scott's Northern Party, Cape Adare is about 200 miles from the main expedition base on Ross Island.
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