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chapter 1 two ships the race began in the summer of 1910 on June 1st in London a black ship the teranova went down the river temps to the Sea thousands of people stood by the river to watch it they were all excited and happy on the teranova captain Robert Falcon Scott smiled quietly it was a very important day for him he was a strong man not very tall in the blue clothes of a captain he was 41 years old but he had a young face like a boy his eyes were dark and quiet one man

on the ship Titus oats smiled at Scott what an exciting day Captain he said look at those people I feel like an important man Scott laughed you are important Titus he said and you're going to be famous too we all are do you see this flag he looked at the big British flag at the back of the ship and smiled at oats that flag is coming with us he said in the Antarctic I'm going to carry it under my clothes we're going to be the first men at the South Pole and that flag is going

to be first too 5 days later on June 6th a man opened the door of his wooden house in Norway he was a tall man with a long face he waited outside the house for a minute everything was very quiet he could see no houses only mountains trees Tre and water it was nearly dark the sky was black over the mountains the man smiled and walked quickly away from the house down to the sea in the water a big wooden ship waited for him the man got onto the ship and talked and laughed quietly with

his friends the ship's name was Fram and the man was rolled amonson the Fram was the most beautiful ship on Earth amonson thought his friends were the best skiers on Earth too one of them Ola band smiled at him North Pole here we come captain he said yes almanson said his friends could not see his face in the dark Fram is going to the Arctic everyone on the Fram was ready to go to the North Pole to the Arctic almanson wanted to go there too but first he wanted to go south his friends didn't know

that at midnight on June 6th the Fram moved quietly away from amon's house out to seea chapter 2 the race the Fram went to an island in the south of Norway it was a very little island with only one small wooden house two trees and nearly a hundred dogs look at that ban said it's an island of dogs there are dogs in the water near the trees on the house dogs everywhere two men came out of the house Hassel Lindstrom almanson said it's good to se you how many dogs do you have for me 99

rolled said Hassel the best 99 dogs from Greenland and they're very happy they don't work they just eat and play all day they're having a wonderful summer here good good almanson laughed but that's finished now hey band stop laughing come down here and help me me let's get all these dogs onto the ship it was not easy the dogs were fat and strong and they didn't want to go on the ship but at last after 3 Hours hard work all 99 were on the ship and the FR went out to seea again the men were

not happy the weather was bad the dogs were dirty and some of the men were ill they began to ask questions why are we bringing dogs with us asked one man Johansson we're going thousands of kilometers South past Cape Horn and then North to Alaska why not wait and get dogs in Alaska don't ask me said his friend Helmer Hansen I don't understand it the men talked for a long time then on September 9th amen called everyone to the back of the ship he stood quietly and looked at them behind him was a big map

it was not a map of the Arctic it was a map of Antarctica band looked at Helmer Hansen and laughed then almanson began to speak boys he said I know you are unhappy you often ask me difficult questions and and I don't answer well I'm going to answer all those questions now today we began to work for this Journey 2 years ago then we wanted to be the first men at the North Pole but last year Perry an American found the North Pole so America was first to the North Pole not Norway we're going there

but we're too late I don't understand this ban thought why is alanson talking about the North Pole with a map of Antarctica behind him almanson stopped for a minute and looked at all the men slowly no one said anything we have to go a long way South before we get to Alaska he said very near Antarctica you know and Captain Scott the Englishman is going to the South pole this year he wants to put his British flag there an American flag at the North Pole a British flag at the South Pole band began to understand

he started to smile and couldn't stop he was warm and excited well boys almanson said slowly do we want the British to put their flag at the South Pole first how fast can we travel we have a lot of dogs and some of the most wonderful skiers on Earth band here is the best in Norway so I have an idea boys let's go to the South Pole and put the Norwegian flag there before the British what do you say for a minute or two it was very quiet almanson waited and the men watched him and

thought then baland laughed yes he said why not it's a ski race isn't it and the English can't ski it's a wonderful idea of course let's go chapter 3 the ponies on October 27th the teranova arrived in Wellington New Zealand when Scott came off the ship a newspaper man walked up to him Captain Scott Captain Scott can I talk to you please he said Scott stopped and smiled yes of course he said what do you want to know are you going to win the man asked win Scott asked win what win the race to the

South Pole of course the newspaper man said it's a race between you and amonson now look at this he gave a news newpaper to Scott Scott looked at it it said Fram races Scott to South Pole we're going to win says amonson Scott's face went white give me that he said he took the newspaper and read it carefully the newspaper man watched him and waited well Captain Scott he said at last who's going to win this race tell me that Scott looked at him angrily this is stupid he said it's not a race I came

here to learn about the Antarctic I'm not interested in amonson or in races then he walked back onto his ship with the newspaper in his hand later that day he talked to his men he gave them the newspaper and laughed if doesn't matter he said we're in front of aminon and we have more men and more money he has only eight men and a lot of dogs I know about dogs they don't work in the Antarctic we have 16 men and the new motor sledges they are much better and tomorrow the ponies are coming we

need ponies motor sledges and good strong British men that's all forget about am son he's not important Scott asked oats to look after the ponies but he did not let oats byy them when oats first saw the ponies in New Zealand he was very unhappy most of the ponies were old and some of them were ill they're beautiful ponies Titus Scott said they come from China they're wonderful ponies oats looked at them angrily and said nothing then he asked where is their food Captain here Scott opened a door oats looked inside he thought for a

minute we need more food than this Captain Scott these Ponies are going to work in the coldest place on Earth they need a lot of food more than this Scott smiled quiet quietly we can't take more food on this ship Titus where can we put it but it doesn't matter old boy they're very strong ponies you know the best ponies on Earth later that night oats wrote a letter to his mother there are 19 ponies on the teranova now he wrote all the ponies are in a small room at the front of the ship we

eat our food in the room under the ponies so our table is often wet and dirty Scott makes a lot of mistakes I think and Antarctica is a very dangerous place chapter 4 Food Depot the two ships Teran NOA and Fram arrived in Antarctica in January 1911 at the end of summer the Englishmen and the Norwegians want to stay on the ice all winter they wanted to be ready to go to the South Pole at the beginning of the next Antarctic summer the dogs pulled the Norwegian sledges they ran quickly over the snow and pulled

the big sledges from the ship onto the ice the men ran beside them on skis they put a big wooden house on the ice the house was full of food and skis and sledges they called it frun outside the house the dogs lived in holes under the snow when the house was ready the men made their first journey South before the winter they wanted to take a lot of food South and leave it in depos for the long journey to the pole they needed a lot of food and they couldn't carry it all with them

on February 10th five men three sledges 18 dogs and half a ton of food left framheim and went South it was easy the weather was warm for the Antarctic between 7 de centigrade and 17 de Centigrade the snow was good and the dogs and skis went fast they went 50 or 60 kilm every day after 4 days they reached 80 de South and made the first Depot Amenson made his Depot very carefully it was very important to find it again next summer so he put a big black flag on top then he put 10 Flags

to the east of the depot each flag half a kilometer from the next and 10 Flags to the West so there were flags for 5 km to the left of the depot and 5 km to the right then they went back to framheim and took some more food South this time to 82 de and South this time it was harder the temperature was sometimes 40° in centigrade and there were strong winds with a lot of snow the dogs and men were very tired and the tents and boots were bad at the second Depot they put

out 60 FL Flags to help them find it again they came back to framheim on March 23rd it was nearly winter in the Antarctic their ship Fram was Far Away now near South America they were alone on the ice oats went with Scott to make the first British Depot they left Cape Evans on January 25th there were 13 men8 ponies and 26 dogs the dogs were faster than the ponies they ran quickly over the top of the snow but the pony's feet went through it every morning the pony started first and the dogs started 2

hours later because they ran faster at night the dogs made warm holes under the snow but the pony stood on top of the snow it was 20° centigrade after 15 days oats talked to Scott there was a strong wind and the two men's faces were white with snow three of these Ponies are ill Captain oat said they can't go on don't be stupid oats Scott answered they're good strong animals the best ponies on Earth not these three oat said they're ill and unhappy and now they can't walk let's kill them and leave the meat here

in the snow we can eat it or the dogs can of course not Scott said angrily these Ponies are our friends they work hard for us I don't kill my friends 3 Days Later two of the ponies were dead Scott's men were slower than amon's it took them 24 days to get to 80° South they made a big Depot there and put one large black flag on top of it then they went back to Cape Evans their Camp was on an island in the ice and the sea ice moved sometimes there were holes in the

ice and black sea water under it one day seven ponies went through the ice into the sea and died one motor Sledge also went into the sea chapter 5 a long cold winter it was dark for 4 months outside the wooden house at framheim it was often 60° Centigrade the dogs lived in warm holes under the snow the men stayed in the house and worked in their rooms under the snow the skis and sledges came from the best shops in Norway but band wasn't happy with them he changed a lot of things on the skis

and sledges soon the sledges were stronger than before the skis were better and faster too all the Norwegians worked hard they looked after their dogs and worked on their equipment the sledges skis tents every day they thought about their Journey to the pole and talked about it and every day alanson thought about Scott one day in midwinter he talked to his men let's start early before Scott alanson said remember Scott has more men than us and he has motor sledges too perhaps they can go faster than us band laughed oh no they can't go faster

than me he said on snow nothing can go faster than a good man on skis we don't know aminon said you're the best skier in Norway but you get tired and dogs get tired too motor sledges don't get tired they can go all day and all night Johansson laughed angrily that's stupid he said perhaps the motorc sledges can go all night but the Englishmen can't the English can't win R they don't understand snow but we do and they're too slow perhaps Amenson said but I want to win this race so we're going to start early

do you understand it was quiet and warm inside framheim band looked at aminon and though about the long cold journey in front of him he thought about the dogs in their holes under the snow and listened to the wind over the house when rolled he said quietly on August 24th the Sun comes back on that day we start then but we can't Johansson said he looked angry and unhappy that's too early we can't start then it's dangerous and stupid alanson looked at Johansson coldly you're wrong Johansson he said we want to win remember so we

start on August 24th band listened to the winter wind outside in Scott's camp at Cape Evans no one talked about almanson and no one worked hard they had good food and they played football on the snow they they wrote a newspaper the South polar times and read books no one leared to ski no one worked on the motor sledges twice men went for long Journeys across the snow they walked and pulled the sledges themselves oats stayed at Cape Evans and looked after his ponies over the window in Cape Evans Scott put a map of Antarctica

with a pen he made a line from Cape Evans to the South Pole and he put a little British flag at the pole under the map Scott wrote the day for the start of their Journey we start on November 3rd he wrote chapter six a bad start on August 23d the Norwegian sledges were ready they took them outside and the dogs pulled them across the ice the sun came up for a half an hour but it was too cold 46° Centigrade they could not travel in that weather they went back to framheim and waited they

waited 2 weeks until September 8th then with the temperature at 37° Centigrade they started they ran happily across the snow to the South 8 eight men seven sledges and 86 dogs only Lindstrom the cook stayed behind in framheim at first everything went well they went 28 km on Saturday and 28 km on Sunday it was easy then on Monday the temperature went down to 56° Centigrade there was white F in front of their faces they couldn't see anything but they traveled 28 km that night in their tents they nearly died of cold next day they

stopped and made snow houses inside the snow houses it was warm but everyone was unhappy I told you rolled Johansson said even September is too early we can't travel in this cold do you want us to die let's go back and wait for better weather alanson was very angry he was angry with Johanson but he was angry with himself too he knew yansen was right all right he said slowly we can go on to the depot at 80 de Growler South leave the food there and then go back we can't do more than that that

it was 37 km to the depot the wind was in their faces all day two dogs died on the way at the Depot they did not stop they put out the food and the flags turned around and went North at last the wind was behind them the dogs ran quickly and the men sat on the empty sledges they went faster and faster it was like a race aminon was on wisting Sledge and soon he wisting and Hansen were 3 or 4 kilomet in front soon they were alone they traveled 75 km in 9 hours and

they reached framheim at 4:00 that afternoon band arrived 2 hours later with two more men but the last two johans and prestrud went more slowly their dogs were tired their feet were wet and cold they had no food and they were alone in the dark the temperature was 51 de Centigrade they reached framheim at midnight next morning Johanson was angry in front of everyone he said you were wrong R September was too early I told you but you you didn't listen and then you left us alone and we nearly died in the cold you're a

bad Captain I'm a better Captain than you are alanson was very angry but at first he said nothing because he knew that Johansson was right then that evening lie gave a letter to Johansson it said you aren't coming to the pole with me when I go south you can take some dogs and go east to King Edward 7th land you can go with prudon sterud you can be the first men to go there but not to the South Pole the Norwegians stayed in framheim and waited they lay in bed listened to the wind outside and

thought about Scott and his motor sledges chapter 7 motor sledges and mountains Scott had two motor sledges now they were the first motor sledges in the Antarctic the First on Earth on October 24th the motor sledges started south from Cape Evans four men went with them but Scott stayed at Cape Evans for another week oats was unhappy he wrote to his mother we had a very had winter here I don't like like Scott we were here all winter but he didn't learn to ski or to drive dogs our equipment is had and he doesn't think

about other people I'm going to sleep in his tent on the journey but I don't want to on November 1st Scott and oats and six more men left Cape Evans with eight sledges and eight ponies the ponies walked slowly because their feet went down into the snow it was hard work for them and they got tired very quickly they traveled 13 or 14 kilomet in a day behind the ponies came mirors with one Sledge and some dogs MIRS knew how to drive dogs every day Mir started 2 hours after the ponies and arrived 2 hours

before them after 5 days they found the motor sledges the Norwegians began again on October 20th there were five men this time Amenson band visting Hassel and Hansen they had four sledges and 48 dogs there was a lot of wind and fog on the first day visting Sledge suddenly stopped and the back went down come on you dogs he said angrily pull pull at first nothing happened then slowly the Sledge moved again wisting looked down over the side of the Sledge under the snow there was a 50 m hole did you see that alanson said

the ice wants to eat us men dogs sledges everything on the fourth day they reached the Deep Depot at 80° South there was a bad snowstorm but they found the flags easily next day the men stayed in their tents and the dogs played in their holes under the snow they were all happy they had a lot of food they had good equipment and they were warm they could travel fast next morning the snowstorm stopped and the journey began again today everything is wonderful ban wrote in his diary but where is Scott in front of us

or behind there was no one with the motor sledges they were broken Scott looked at them angrily it doesn't matter he said Teddy Evans and his men are in front of us they're good men they're pulling their sledges themselves we can get to the pole on foot oats looked at MIRS oats and the ponies were tired but MIRS and his dogs were not the snow was home for them that night oats wrote three motor sledges at $1,000 each 19 ponies at 5 R each 32 dogs at 150 each well it's not my money it's Scotts

on November 21st one of the ponies died on November 11th the Norwegians saw the mountains the mountains were very high some of the highest on Earth band smiled there is good skiing up there R he said but can dogs get up there too of course they can aminon said come on they left Hanson with the dogs and skied a little way up the mountains it was difficult but the mountains were big and beautiful behind the mountains almanson thought there was a high plateau of ice that's it almanson said that's the road to the pole tomorrow

we can bring the dogs and sledges up here but now let's have a ski race who can get back to Camp first they laughed and skied happily down the white snow this is like home palan thought but it's bigger than Norway and better in the next 4 days the dogs pulled the sledges 81 km and went up 3,000 M at last almanson and ban stood on the plateau behind the mountains they were tired happy men ban looked back at the mountains can a motor Sledge get up here he asked aminon smiled no he said I

don't think so and Scott doesn't like dogs so his men are going to pull their sledges up these mountains themselves would you like to do that Ola Balan didn't answer he smiled and skied happily away across the snow chapter 8 across the plateau on November 21st the nor rians killed 30 dogs they were happy aminon said and now they're going to die quickly we need three sledges and 18 dogs to go to the pole when the dogs were dead the other dogs ate them the men ate them too they were good friends beand wrote in

his diary and now they are good food 2 Days Later the dogs were fat then in a snowstorm they began the journey again after the snowstorm there was fog and in the fog they got lost on an ice River with hundreds of big holes in it they could see nothing and it was very dangerous in 4 days they moved 9 km but the ice is beautiful band wrote blue and green and white this is a wonderful place but I don't want to stay a time after the ice there were strong winds and bad snowstorms they

could see nothing in front of them but every day they traveled 25 or 30 kilm then on December 9th the sun came out they were at 88 deener 203's South 175 km from the pole five more long days Balan wrote that's all now but where is Scott for 4 days Scots men stayed in their tents near the mountains there is a bad snowstorm outside oats wrote it's too cold for the ponies and our clothes and skis are bad too on December 9th oats killed the ponies they were tired and ill and they could could not

walk up to the plateau then MIRS and his dogs went back to Cape Evans we can pull the sledges ourselves Scott said we can do it we're all strong men there were two sledges and eight men they went 24 km a day on December 31st Scott said to Teddy Evans and the men on the second Sledge you can't ski well leave your skis here so they pulled their Sledge 24 km without skis next day Scott went to Teddy evans's tent you are ill Teddy he said you can't come to the pole take two men and

go back tomorrow Teddy Evans was very unhappy two men Captain he said why not three because Bowers is going to come with me Scott said he's strong we need him but you have food on your Sledge for four men not five Evans said and Bowers has no skis I'm the captain Teddy Scott said you do what I say take two men and leave Bowers with me oats wrote to his mother I am going to the pole with Scott I am pleased and L feel strong but in his diary he wrote my feet are very had

they are always wet now and they don't look good on January 4th Scott's men left Teddy Evans and went on Scott oats Wilson and Edgar Evans had skis but Bowers did not they were 270 km from the pole December 14th 1911 was a warm sunny day five Norwegians skied over the beautiful white snow it was very quiet no one spoke they were excited and happy six more kilometers ban thought is there a British flag I can't see a flag but look Hassel said what's that over there galland left his Sledge and skied quickly away over

the snow what is it he thought is it no it's nothing he called there's nothing there nothing 3 km 2 rolled Hansen called to Amenson go in front of me please it helps my dogs that's not true bin thought his dogs are running well today but Hansen wants alanson to be first the first man at the South Pole they skied on and on over the beautiful snow stop alanson said he waited quietly for his men this is it he said band looked at him but there's nothing here he said alanson smiled oh yes there is

he said there's something very important here Olaf very very important what's that rolled us we're here now isn't that important Olaf the four men stood on the snow and looked at him then slowly they all began to laugh chapter nine the end of the race the Norwegians stayed two days at the pole they left a tent there with a Norwegian flag on it inside the tent they left some food a letter for the king of Norway and a letter for Scott they left some more black flags near the pole and one 128 km North then

they skied away back to the north it's a beautiful day band wrote the sun is warm the snow is good but the dogs run too quickly I can't get in front of them they found their Depot easily there were 10 between the pole and framheim each Depot had a lot of food they laughed and skied quickly down the mountains often they skied 50 km a day on Friday January 2 6 1912 they came back to framheim it was 4:00 in the morning inside the wooden house Lindstrom the cook was asleep almanson walked quietly to his

bed good morning Lindstrom he said is our coffee ready the black flags waited at the pole what's that Captain Bower said over there where Scott asked what oh my God they all saw the small black flag in the snow 2 kilm in front of them slowly they pulled their Sledge to it next day January 17th 1912 they found the tent and the Norwegian flag near it Scott took the British flag from under his clothes and put it up in his diary Scott wrote this is a very bad day we are all tired and have cold

feet and hands it is 30° centigrade and there is a snow storm great God this is an awful place they turn north five tired unhappy men in the coldest emptiest place on Earth on March 13th 1912 Scott's wife Kathleen looked at her morning newspaper Norway's flag at South Pole it said she looked at it for a long time and then began to cry what's the matter her friend asked my poor poor husband Mrs Scott said what's happened to him where is he now Scott's men were all always hungry there were not many Depots and they

were difficult to find we need to find the next Depot today oats wrote but how can we find one Black Flag in all this snow it's very difficult and there is food for four men not five they were all tired and Ill too oats his feet were black now and he could not feel them on February 16th Edgar Evans died on the 17th they were past the mountains at the Depot there they ate one of the Dead ponies then they went on 10 11 12 km a day they were ill because their clothes were not

warm and they didn't have much food the temperature was sometimes- 40° centigrade on March 7th Scott looked at oats his feet they were big and black I can't pull the Sledge now oat said it's very difficult to walk am I going to lose these feet Captain Scott looked at oates's feet and said nothing on March 9th they found another Depot but there was not much food slowly they walked on oats his feet were worse every day March 17th was oats his birthday he was 32 he lay in the tent and listened to the wind outside

he was very cold very hungry and very very tired he wrote a letter to his mother and gave it to Wilson then he got up and opened the door of the tent he stopped in the door for a minute Scott Wilson and Bowers looked at him they didn't speak I'm going outside for a minute oat said I may be sometime they didn't see him again at Cape Evans the Englishmen waited on December 11th MIRS and the dogs came back on January 3rd Teddy Evans and his two men arrived at Cape Evans the teranova came and

went winter began Scott did not come the Englishmen waited all winter at Cape Evans then on October 26th 1912 they started for the South two weeks later they found a tent there were three bodies in the tent Scott Wilson and Bowers they put the bodies under the snow then they took the men's letters and Diaries and went North to Cape Evans again in Scott's diary they read oats died like a good Englishman we all did please remember us and look after our families we did our best no one found oats his body but he is

there somewhere under the snow and the wind in the coldest emptiest place on Earth