Criticisms of Scott by Aurora Garner-Randolph https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4 en-us 2018-03-19 01:09:52 UTC 2026-01-24 00:33:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png ''I originally ordered 30 tons of compressed oaten hay from Melbourne. Oates has gradually persuaded us that this is insufficient, and our pony food weight has gone up to 45 tons, besides 3 or 4 tons for immediate use. The extra consists of 5 tons of hay, 5 or 6 tons of oil-cake, 4 or 5 tons of bran, and some crushed oats. We are not taking any corn.We have managed to wedge in all the dog biscuits, the total weight being about 5 tons; Meares is reluctant to feed the dogs on seal, but I think we ought to do so during the winter.'' - Scott mitchellkane1 https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/243809746 found on https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/diaries/scottslastexpedition/page/45/

]]> 2018-03-20 01:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/243809746 mitchellkane1 https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/244785280 Robert Falcon Scott/Cause of death

Starvation


They started the 1,500 km journey back. Evans died in mid-February. By March, Oates was suffering from severe frostbite and, knowing he was holding back his companions, walked out into the freezing conditions never to be seen again. The remaining three men died of starvation and exposure in their tent on 29 March.1912.
BBC - History - Scott of the Antarctic
www.bbc.com/history/historic_figures/scott_of_antarctic.shtml
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]]> 2018-03-21 22:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/244785280 Raising money for the expedition was a slow and difficult task, the crew was all volunteers who were applying from all over the world. More than 8,000 men volunteered to join the expedition. kaiaross https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/244786493 found on
https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/Robert-Falcon-Scott2.php]]> 2018-03-21 23:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/244786493 Scott wanted to use the Discovery (a ship) again for this second expedition, but it had been sold to the Hudson's Bay Company several years before. After inspecting several others, Scott bought the Terra Nova, which was a whaling and sealing ship. brookehughes https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/244787516 2018-03-21 23:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/244787516 Raising money for the expedition was not an easy task. Men from all over the world were aplying to join the expedition from all around the world. One man who didn't go, though Scott wanted him, was a young lecturer from the University of Adelaide, Douglas Mawson. Mawson was making his own plans, like many others, he intended to explore an unmapped stretch of coast and country west of Victoria Land. brookehughes https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/244787722 2018-03-21 23:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/244787722 auroragarnerrandolph https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/244789305 "I don't know what to think of Amundsen's chances. If he gets to the Pole it must be before we do, as he is bound to travel fast with dogs, and pretty certain to start early. On this account I decided at a very early date to act exactly as I should have done had he not existed. Any attempt to race must have wrecked my plan, besides which it doesn't appear the sort of thing one is out for...You can rely on my not saying or doing anything foolish, only I'm afraid you must be prepared for finding our venture much belittled. After all, it is the work that counts, not the applause that follows"
Letter from Scott to his wife Kathleen.
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]]> 2018-03-21 23:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/244789305 kaiaross https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/245891471 We have managed to get 405 tons of coal in bunkers and main hold, 25 tons in a space left in the fore hold, and a little over 30 tons on the upper deck.
The sacks containing this last, added to the goods already mentioned, make a really heavy deck cargo, and one is naturally anxious concerning it; but everything that can be done by lashing and securing has been done.
The appearance of confusion on deck is completed by our thirty-three dogs chained to stanchions and bolts on the ice-house and on the main hatch, between the motor sledges.

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https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/diaries/scottslastexpedition/page/45/]]> 2018-03-25 22:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/245891471 Robert Falcon Scott was born on 6 June 1868 in Devonport. He became a naval cadet at the age of 13 and served on a number of Royal Navy ships in the 1880s and 1890s. He attracted the notice of the Royal Geographical Society, which appointed him to command the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904. The expedition - which included Ernest Shackleton - reached further south than anyone before them. Scott returned to Britain a national hero. He had caught the exploring bug and began to plan an expedition to be the first to reach the South Pole. He spent years raising funds for the trip. brookehughes https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/245891699 2018-03-25 22:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/245891699 Scotts Last Expidition,His Diary kaiaross https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/245891824 We have managed to get 405 tons of coal in bunkers and main hold, 25 tons in a space left in the fore hold, and a little over 30 tons on the upper deck.
The sacks containing this last, added to the goods already mentioned, make a really heavy deck cargo, and one is naturally anxious concerning it; but everything that can be done by lashing and securing has been done.
The appearance of confusion on deck is completed by our thirty-three dogs chained to stanchions and bolts on the ice-house and on the main hatch, between the motor sledges.
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]]> 2018-03-25 22:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/245891824 Critisizing Scott kaiaross https://padlet.com/auroragarnerrandolph/gciyo8c839t4/wish/245893545
After his death on the frozen edge of Antarctica, Captain Robert Scott was celebrated as a British hero – only to be later condemned for leading his South Pole expedition to disaster.
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