Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode we discuss the Robert Falcon Scott and his doomed trip to the Antarctic. He was beaten to the pole by Roald Amundsen and then tragically his whole team died on the journey home.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Falcon_Scott
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/sep/24/scott-antarctic-lies-race-pole
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Nova_Expedition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%27s_South_Pole_expedition#South_Pole_journey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/race-south-pole-scott-amundsen
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