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Hi Guys,

Hope you’re feeling nice and cosy in your centrally heated house!  A hundred years ago, Robert Falcon Scott, a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer, led an expedition to the South Pole.  Scott and his team set sail on the ship, Terra Nova, in June 1910 to head for the Antarctic. They reached Ross Island, which is about 1500km from the South Pole in January 1911.

 Temperatures there were as low as -47!  In November that year they set off on dog sleds, ponies, and motorized vehicles, which they were forced to abandon a few days later. They eventually reached the South Pole on the 18th of January but were devastated that a Norwegian explorer had got there first. 

Scott and his friends tried to get back home but a blizzard stopped them from getting to their camp.  The brave manner of Scott's failure was admired by the British people and he became a national hero.  Even now, although Scott failed to reach the South Pole first, important scientific work is still being done because of his expeditions.  Wrap up warm!

Al the Ed

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Special mentions go to Stuart, who will be 18 on the 24th of February,

and Scott, who will be 21 on the 4th.

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