17th of January
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events
1912 - Scott reaches the South Pole. They found that Amundsen had already been there, they had seen a flag along with ski, sled and dog tracks in the snow the day before. They confirmed the position of the pole. "Well, it is something to have got here, and the wind may be our friend to-morrow. We have had a fat Polar hoosh in spite of our chagrin, and feel comfortable inside. Now for the run home and a desperate struggle. I wonder if we can do it". l-r: Oates, Bowers, Scott, Wilson, Evans.
1933 - Three Guernsey cows arrive at Little America at the Bay of Whales Antarctica with Admiral Byrd to provide fresh milk for the station, 2 returned safely to the USA a year later, the third had to be put down because of frostbite. (portrayed by a stunt double in the picture).
1773 - Captain Cook made the first ever crossing of the Antarctic Circle. "In this space, thirty-eight ice islands, great and small, were seen, besides loose ice in abundance, so that we were obliged to luff for one piece, and bear up for another, and as we continued to advance to the south, it increased in such a manner, that at three quarters past six o'clock, being then in the latitude of 67° 15' S., we could proceed no farther; the ice being entirely closed to the south, in the whole extent from E. to W.S.W., without the least appearance of any opening.
