Captain Scott's provisions: bags of food found at the British explorer's final camp on his ill-fated South Pole expedition.(Robert Falcon Scott)

From: Geographical | Date: March 1, 2008 | Copyright information

In 1912, Captain Robert Falcon Scott's body was found frozen inside his tent. He had been dead for eight months. With him were two of his fellow explorers, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Doctor Edward Wilson. They appeared to have died peacefully in their sleep, although Scott's body was in a strange position, half out of his sleeping bag and reaching towards Wilson. His face was pinched, his skin was yellow and his hands were extremely frostbitten. 'It was a horrid sight,' said Trygg...

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