The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Volume 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition' (Version 2)

Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912)

Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the Antarctic Pole in 1911 is part triumph, part tragedy – but also a mythic adventure story which has inspired books, articles, and films over the generations. As so often in such cases the ‘truth’ of the explorers’ experiences (and there were many important figures in the party besides Scott) is much more rich, varied, and fascinating than the boy scout stereotype. Few know for example how much time during the many months of the journey were spent in scientific researches which remain of huge value to this day. But what comes across most vividly in Scott’s fascinating and finally very moving diary account is the complexity of the man and his closest comrades who reached the Pole fatally too late (the Norwegian Amundsen has beaten them to it by many weeks), then died trekking home, facing tortuous weather conditions, dwindling food supplies, and that gnawing, bitter sense of defeat. Ironically Robert Falcon Scott is now far more famous than Amundsen: his triumph secured by history and by myth. For if Scott was finally an imperfect explorer, he was the perfect author of his own amazing tale. Scott’s account is introduced by Clements R. Markham, president of the Royal Geographical Society at the time of the expedition; and concluded by E.L. Atkinson, a member of Scott’s party and leader of the relief expedition which found the bodies of Scott and his comrades some months after their death in November 1912. - Summary by Steve Gough

Genre(s): Memoirs, Earth Sciences, Exploration

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface and Expedition Members Steve Gough
00:10:03
Play 01 Chapter I, Through Stormy Seas, Part One Steve Gough
00:23:00
Play 02 Chapter I, Through Stormy Seas, Part Two Steve Gough
00:23:40
Play 03 Chapter II, In The Pack, Part One Steve Gough
00:20:39
Play 04 Chapter II, In The Pack, Part Two Steve Gough
00:29:35
Play 05 Chapter II, In The Pack, Part Three Steve Gough
00:27:29
Play 06 Chapter III, Land, Part One Steve Gough
00:22:40
Play 07 Chapter III, Land, Part Two Steve Gough
00:23:49
Play 08 Chapter IV, Settling In, Part One Steve Gough
00:27:25
Play 09 Chapter IV, Settling In, Part Two Steve Gough
00:25:09
Play 10 Chapter V, Depot Laying to One Ton Camp, Part One Steve Gough
00:19:15
Play 11 Chapter V, Depot Laying to One Ton Camp, Part Two Steve Gough
00:22:06
Play 12 Chapter V, Depot Laying to One Ton Camp, Part Three Steve Gough
00:18:56
Play 13 Chapter VI, Adventures and Peril, Part One Steve Gough
00:21:38
Play 14 Chapter VI, Adventures and Peril, Part Two Steve Gough
00:13:50
Play 15 Chapter VII, At Discovery Hut, Part One Steve Gough
00:27:18
Play 16 Chapter VII, At Discovery Hut, Part Two Steve Gough
00:22:56
Play 17 Chapter VIII, Home Impressions and an Excursion Steve Gough
00:29:47
Play 18 Chapter IX, The Work and the Workers, Part One Steve Gough
00:22:44
Play 19 Chapter IX, The Work and the Workers, Part Two Steve Gough
00:23:39
Play 20 Chapter X, In Winter Quarters: Modern Style, Part One Steve Gough
00:17:09
Play 21 Chapter X, In Winter Quarters: Modern Style, Part Two Steve Gough
00:19:14
Play 22 Chapter XI, To Midwinter Day, Part One Steve Gough
00:24:01
Play 23 Chapter XI, To Midwinter Day, Part Two Steve Gough
00:28:30
Play 24 Chapter XII, Awaiting the Crozier Party, Part One Steve Gough
00:24:11
Play 25 Chapter XII, Awaiting the Crozier Party, Part Two Steve Gough
00:25:17
Play 26 Chapter XII, Awaiting the Crozier Party, Part Three Steve Gough
00:17:52
Play 27 Chapter XIII, The Return of the Sun, Part One Steve Gough
00:26:37
Play 28 Chapter XIII, The Return of the Sun, Part Two Steve Gough
00:25:41
Play 29 Chapter XIV, Preparations: The Spring Journey, Part One Steve Gough
00:13:13
Play 30 Chapter XIV, Preparations: The Spring Journey, Part Two Steve Gough
00:20:06
Play 31 Chapter XV, The Last Weeks at Cape Evans, Part One Steve Gough
00:19:10
Play 32 Chapter XV, The Last Weeks at Cape Evans, Part Two Steve Gough
00:25:11
Play 33 Chapter XVI, The Southern Journey: The Barrier Stage, Part One Steve Gough
00:28:28
Play 34 Chapter XVI, The Southern Journey: The Barrier Stage, Part Two Steve Gough
00:29:58
Play 35 Chapter XVI, The Southern Journey: The Barrier Stage, Part Three Steve Gough
00:25:19
Play 36 Chapter XVII, On the Beardmore Glacier, Part One Steve Gough
00:19:44
Play 37 Chapter XVII, On the Beardmore Glacier, Part Two Steve Gough
00:16:50
Play 38 Chapter XVIII, The Summit Journey to the Pole, Part One Steve Gough
00:31:31
Play 39 Chapter XVIII, The Summit Journey to the Pole, Part Two Steve Gough
00:33:24
Play 40 Chapter XIX, The Return from the Pole, Part One Steve Gough
00:25:12
Play 41 Chapter XIX, The Return from the Pole, Part Two Steve Gough
00:28:26
Play 42 Chapter XX, The Last March, Part One Steve Gough
00:42:47
Play 43 Chapter XX, The Last March, Part Two, The Letters Steve Gough
00:18:34
Play 44 The Finding of the Dead Steve Gough
00:07:54