Captain Scott: a second-rate hero? After a lifetime's research, Roland Huntford thinks he has finally nailed the myth of Scott of the Antarctic: far from being a national hero, the explorer was an amateur whose incompetence condemned h...

In memoriam Roland #Huntford [°Sept. 4, 1927 – Jan. 23, 2026]🕯️

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R.I.P., Roland #Huntford [°Sept. 4, 1927 – Jan. 23, 2026]🕯️😔🌹

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