Members of Scott's expedition to the South Pole, 1912. Creator: Henry Bowers. # 3056979

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Members of Scott's expedition to the South Pole, 1912. From left to right, Captain Lawrence Oates, Lieutenant Henry Bowers, Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, and Petty Officer Edgar Evans. Scott and his team reached the South Pole on 18 January 1912, only to find that Amundsen had got there 35 days earlier. All died on the return journey; this is one of the photographs retrieved from Scott's tent after his death.

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Creator

Henry Bowers, attributed to: British, Scottish: Explorer

Subject

Lawrence Oates: British: Explorer
Robert Falcon Scott: British: Naval officer, explorer
Henry Bowers: British, Scottish: Explorer
Edward Wilson: British: Explorer, naturalist, scientist, physician, natural historian, painter, artist, ornithologist.
Edgar Evans: British, Welsh: Explorer, Chief Petty Officer