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Union Jack that went to Pole. Presented to Scott by Queen Alexandra in 1910, and returned to the Queen by Lady Scott in 1913
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Captain Scott at the South Pole. He should have been elated... seems he knew he wasn't going to make it back.
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Said stranded crew bid farewell to 'the boss'.
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Shackleton setting off in James Caird, to row 800 miles to South Georgia to fetch help for his stranded crew
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Endurance crushed
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Shackleton's telegram to the King
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Samson in his dogloo
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Endurance trapped in the ice
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As you looked at this one the audio commentary plays Elgar's Nimrod. I think someone must have been chopping onions nearby.
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Brave & broken.
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Scott's birthday nosh-up
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The boys!
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It says "Miniature white ensign flown on the sledge which reached the South Pole with Captain Scott's Expedition on January 17th 1912, and found at his last camp where he and his companions died. Given to me by Commander Evans, on May 18th, 1913. George
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Captain Robert Falcon Scott, surrounded by photos of his wife & kids, and his selection of pipes. I doubt polar explorers even take one pipe with them these days.
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Captain Lawrence ‘Titus’ Oates
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The Barne Glacier
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Terra Nova from the grotto
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Osman - "our best sledge dog"
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Vida - "suffered from a bad coat and would creep up to Scott for attention"
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Mount Erebus