In 1912, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his four companions reach the South Pole only to find that Roald Amundsen has beaten them by 34 days, and the devastated team perishes on the return journey, dying in their tent just 11 miles from a supply depot. Scott's eloquent final diary entries transform the failed expedition into one of history's most enduring tales of courage, sacrifice, and the limits of human endurance.
Word Count
1,598
Reading Time
8 min
Difficulty
intermediate
Genre
History
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