Scott of the Antarctic

[McClef]

In Cardiff's Roath Park there is a white small white lighthouse on the lake which was erected as a memorial in 1915.

Scott and his crew had sailed from Cardiff in 1910 to head for Antarctica.

The plaque reads that they were "Britons all and very gallant gentlemen."

[crew2447]

I first read this quote from Scott as a young Outward Bound student, "We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint." I admired Scott for taking risks and facing failure with calm.

Later I learned more about Amundsen, Scott's competitor in the race to the South Pole. Amundsen was far better prepared and experienced in very high latitude travel and as a result was successful.

[Tartan Tess]

Scott was from Brunswick Maine

[Blackrose87]

Scott was from Brunswick Maine

I think he was from Devon, in England. I can't say I know a lot about him, but I'm almost positive he wasn't from Maine.

I do know that Ernest Shackleton was from Kildare. I remember doing a project about him in primary school

[xman]

Later I learned more about Amundsen, Scott's competitor in the race to the South Pole. Amundsen was far better prepared and experienced in very high latitude travel and as a result was successful.

Amundsen is perhaps best known for discovering the Northwest Passage but what isn't generally known is that he seems to have used that experience as a training ground for his trip to the south pole, wintering for two years in the Canadian arctic to learn about survival from the Inuit before completing the northern quest.

Scott was from Brunswick Maine

I think he was from Devon, in England. I can't say I know a lot about him, but I'm almost positive he wasn't from Maine.

Here

[Tartan Tess]

Great Scott! I think your right. I disappeared to look up what I was "told" Found this and want to try out the new down loading pictures system....


Memorial window in Binton Church, Warwickshire, one of four panels. This one depicts the cairn erected over the site of Scott's last tent.
Damn, there is a cool stained glass picture fron Wikipedia....i'm trying....

meanwhile, back at the ranch...Can't find a darn thing about maine via internet. I will be in the building in a week and will look for more clues.....

[Blackrose87]

Great Scott!

Is it this one?




Btw Xman, I was right, so didn't need to google it thanks

[Tartan Tess]

Oh you rock black rose. Thank you Yes. isn't it cool?

[Pleater]

Yes, Robert Falcon Scott was born near Devonport, one of six children.

He was - I feel - impelled into a more rash life than he might have led by the death of his father and younger brother, which made him financially responsible for his mother and unmarried sisters.

A plea that their families be taken care of was the last thing Scott wrote in his journal - and there were letters to various family members.

In one he urges that his grandson be interested in nature rather than sports and games, and Sir Peter Scott's programs on TV, which I saw when still a child interested me in the natural world and influenced my choice of subject at school and polytechnic.

There is a strong resemblance between R F and Peter Scott.


Anne the Pleater :ootd: