Beardmore Glacier
Books
- Eleven Miles from One Ton Scott, Amundsen, and the Fatal Margin on the Antarctic Barrier · Liszt Think
On January 17, 1912, Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole only to find Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian flag already planted.
- Terra Nova Leaves Cardiff…ching 88° 23’ South in 1909 before turning back, had created both a standard to exceed and a rival to outpace. Shackleton had pioneered the Beardmore Glacier route to the Polar Plateau. He had established that the Pole was reachable. He had not claimed it. Scott’s ambitions had crystallized aroun…
- The Machinery of Hope…across the barrier in the early season, when their engines could still function. The ponies would follow, establishing depots as far as the Beardmore Glacier. The dogs would make the final push to the pole and back, their speed and endurance reserved for the highest latitude. The plan required ea…
- The First Depot Lies Unmarked…sted, had already removed themselves from the equation. The ponies, Oates’s responsibility, were supposed to carry loads to the foot of the Beardmore Glacier before being shot for meat. The dogs, Meares’s domain, would run shuttle trips between depots, their speed compensating for their smaller c…