Scott’s Last Expedition, The Natural History Museum

On January 17th 1912, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his expedition made it to the South Pole, thinking themselves in the build up to their arrival the first manned expedition to make the trip successfully. However, once there they quickly realised that a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen had beaten them to it. In the return journey to their Antarctic hit all five of the party died.

To mark the Centenary of the ultimately doomed Terra Nova team and to provide an insight into the inner workings of the expedition, The Natural History Museum will be hosting Scott’s Last Expedition. The exhibition looks at the achievements and real life story of Scott’s Last Expedition, and the people that made up the Terra Nova team.

Looking at the scientific work conducted by the Terra Nova expedition, the exhibition will also feature a construction of the hit that was home to the team for many long months, before they perished on their final trip.

The exhibition opened in the Australian Maritime Museum in Sydney on the 17th June 2011 and will be making its way to The Natural History Museum in January 2012. This will be followed by a return to the south in November 2012 at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand.