(Not so) Great Scott! This week we're jumping into another journey that didn't quite go so great. Was it bad luck or just incompetence? Find out as we walk through the preparation phase of Scott's attempted journey to the South Pole.

 

If you want to see the maps and timeline of Scott and Amundsen's respective journeys, you can see them on this incredibly detailed website.

 

For further reading, check out:

Huntford, Roland. 1999. The Last Place on Earth. Scott and Amundsen’s Race to the South Pole. New York: Modern Library.

 

Cherry-Garrad, Apsley. 1922. The Worst Journey in the World. London: Penguin Books.