R.I.P., Roland #Huntford [°Sept. 4, 1927 – Jan. 23, 2026]🕯️😔🌹
#Antarctica #SouthPole #RobertFalconScott #ErnestShackleton #FridtjofNansen #RoaldAmundsen #CharlesSwithinbank #RanulphFiennes #TheNewTotalitarians #CapeTown #Lithuania #RSL #RoyalSocietyofLiterature #RolandHorowitz #RolandHuntford
At the South Pole: Wilson, Bowers, Evans, Scott and Oates
The farthest south reached on that day did not last as the ultimate record, but it opened the door for the polar races that defined the coming decade.
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#AntarcticHistory #RobertFalconScott #DiscoveryExpedition #PolarExploration #OnThisDay
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#RobertFalconScott #TerraNova #AntarcticExploration #SouthPole #HeroicAge #PolarHistory #Exploration #ScottExpedition
"Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions, which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman."
❄️ #OTD 12 Nov 1912, the bodies of #RobertFalconScott, his fellow explorers, and his diary were found in Antarctica.
British Wisdom: “It is the work that matters, not the applause that follows.” Robert Falcon Scott
#RobertFalconScott #WeiseSprüche #SprücheZumNachdenken #ZitateZumNachdenken #TheBritishShop
West window of St Peter’s Binton. Memorial to Robert Falcon Scott and the Terra Nova expedition
Memorial window at St Peter’s Binton
Antarctic expedition 1912 St Peter’s Binton
Memorial window to Robert Falcon Scott and the Terra Nova expedition
The Memorial window to Robert Falcon Scott, Antarctic explorer. St Peter’s Binton. Scott married Kathleen Scott, sister of the Vicar. Good little exhibition about the Terra Nova expedition & the life of Scott. #StainedGlass #Windows #Churches #Antarctic #RobertFalconScott
❄️ Captain #RobertFalconScott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition, was #BOTD 6 June 1868
The story of British Explorer ⛰️ #RobertFalconScott
📽️ 11:20pm SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC (1948) #JohnMills #DerekBond #DianaChurchill
#RobertFalconScott #ScottOfTheAntarctic #BritishAntarcticExpedition #Antarctic #MountWise #Devonport ##Plymouth #BritainsOceanCity #WingedVictory #ScottMemorial sculptor #AlbertHodge 1925
#OnThisDay 105 yrs ago #RoaldAmundsen finally reached #SouthPole, winning 'race' 35 days ahead of #RobertFalconScott. Here's to honour both.
