On this weekend Amundsen and Scott were making their way to the South Pole; this is what was recorded in their journals. (Copied from an email sent out by our Area Director).
Amundsen recorded that the dogs were doing well and he pitched his tent in the most beautiful campsite in the world.
Scott recorded “quite the most trying march we’ve had…. If it were not for the surface and bad light, things would not be so bad. There are few sastrugi and little deep snow. For the most part men and ponies sink to a hard crust some 3 or 4 inches beneath the soft upper snow…. Our forage supply necessitates that we should plug on the 13 (geographical) miles daily under all conditions, so that we can only hope for better things. It is several days since we had a glimpse of land, which makes conditions especially gloomy. A tired animal makes a tired man, I find, and none of us are very bright now after the day's march, though we have had ample sleep of late.”
By Comparison:
85th Parallel
Reached by Amundsen Nov 17, 1911
Reached by Scott Dec 21 1911
558km to the Pole
86th Parallel
Reached by Amundsen Nov 27, 1911
Reached by Scott Dec 26, 1911
447km to the Pole
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