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A First Rate Tragedy

On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier, found Scott's frozen body laying between the bodies of two fellow explorers. They had died just eleven miles from the depot of supplies.

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  • "On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier, found Scott's frozen body laying between the bodies of two fellow explorers. They had died just eleven miles from the depot of supplies."@en
  • "Chronicles Robert Falcon Scott's journey to the South Pole and discusses the circumstances that led to his death."
  • "Chronicles the ill-fated attempt by explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his four companions to reach the South Pole in 1912."@en
  • "The great tragedy that befell the Scott team could have been averted if they could have trudged just 11 more miles. The Norwegian Trygge Gran found their frozen bodies close to the food depot. Diana Preston's story recounts the dramatic events."
  • "On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica's Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought - the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they made a grim discovery: Scott's frozen body lay between the bodies of two fellow explorers. They had died just eleven miles from the depot of supplies which might have saved them. Why did Scott's meticulously laid plans finally end in disaster, while his rival, Norwegian Roald Amundsen, returned safely home with his crew after attaining the Pole only days before the British team? In a newly revised an."@en

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  • "Reisebericht"
  • "Bestseller"
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  • "Biography"@en
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  • "Reisebericht 1910-1912"

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  • "A First Rate Tragedy"@en
  • "A First Rate Tragedy : A Brief History of Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions"@en
  • "In den eisigen Tod Robert F. Scotts Expedition zum Südpol"
  • "Scott, l'eroe dei ghiacci : la pagina più tragica e affascinante della grande corsa all'Antartide"@it
  • "Scott, l'eroe dei ghiacci : la pagina più tragica e affascinante della grande corsa all'Antartide"
  • "A first rate tragedy : Robert Falcon Scott and the race to the South Pole"@en
  • "A first rate tragedy : Robert Falcon Scott and the race to the South Pole"
  • "A first rate tragedy Captain Scott's Antarctic expeditions"@en
  • "Scott l'eroe dei ghiacci : la pagina più tragica e affascinante della grande corsa all'Antartide"@it
  • "A first rate tragedy"@en
  • "In den eisigen Tod : Robert F. Scotts Expedition zum Südpol"
  • "A first rate tragedy : Captain Scott's Antarctic expeditions"@en
  • "A first rate tragedy : Captain Scott's Antarctic expeditions"
  • "A first rate tragedy Robert Falcon Scott and the race to the South Pole"@en
  • "In den eisigen Tod : Robert F. Scotts letzte Fahrt zum Südpol"
  • "A First Rate Tragedy : a brief history of Captain Scott's Antarctic expeditions"
  • "In den eisigen Tod Robert F. Scotts letzte Fahrt zum Südpol"

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