Return from First Summit Depot

by R. F. Scott

Roald Amundsen
Read about Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, leader of a group that beat R. F. Scott to the South Pole by more than a month. In your Web Links Activity Log, describe an imaginary conversation between these two men before they set out to race for the pole.

Doomed Expedition to the Pole, 1912
Here you will find more excerpts from Scott’s journal. What are your thoughts about Scott and his team? Do you think it was a worthy goal for which they had strived? Discuss your thoughts with a classmate.