The persistent pursuit made Scott prepare for another eight years. 19 10 In June, he led an expedition of 65 people to leave England and go straight to the South Pole. Who knows, at this time, Norwegian polar explorer Amundsen also ran to the South Pole. Who can get to the South Pole first? Thus began the famous "adventure competition" in history.
Amundsen is Norwegian. When he was a child, he read a book, The Adventures of Sir sir john franklin, which told the true story of Sir sir john franklin, an English explorer, sailing to the North Pole. After reading this book, little Amundsen was deeply moved and determined to reach the North Pole in Beyond the North Pole, and reached the extreme difficulty.
When Amundsen grew up, he led a team into the North Pole for three times and participated in the Antarctic expedition. During his long career of exploring the Arctic, Amundsen often rode in sleigh pulled by Eskimo dogs and learned how to tame them. This kind of dog is still alive and kicking at the low temperature of -50℃. Amundsen is going to let the dog pull the sled to the North Pole.
1909 In the late summer, Amundsen was preparing to March to the North Pole, when suddenly the news came that American Piri had arrived at the North Pole. Amundsen decided decisively to point the finger at the South Pole and join the Antarctic expedition.
19 10 Scott's expedition arrived at Ross Island. When landing at Cape Evans, Amundsen's small Antarctic expedition also came to Whale Bay on the other side of Ross Ice Barrier.
The Amundsen expedition consisted of only five people, driving four sledges pulled by 52 Eskimo dogs. They camped in Whale Bay, and set up warehouses at every latitude in the south (1 10 km) to store a lot of food and fuel. In order to prevent them from getting lost, they put a post in the snow at regular intervals.
Amundsen's expedition encountered many difficulties after entering the hinterland of Antarctica. Once, a sleigh fell into an ice crack and it took a lot of effort to pull it up. 550 kilometers away from the South Pole, there is an uphill road, and the snowstorm keeps going. What should I do? Amundsen decided to kill 24 of the 42 dogs alive, and the remaining 18 strong dogs dragged three sledges. Take only two months' rations and sprint to the South Pole. "Be sure to get there before Scott!" Amundsen's players encouraged each other. 1911214 At 3 pm, Amundsen's expedition reached 90 degrees south latitude and stood at the South Pole. Five people grabbed a flagpole with five hands and lifted a Norwegian flag to the flagpole. Science has no national boundaries, but scientists have their own motherland. They sang the national anthem.
When Norwegian explorers celebrated their victory in the polar regions, Scott's team was still advancing in the snowstorm. Scott drives a Siberian pony sled. The horses couldn't adapt to the cold in the Antarctic, so they all fell into the snow and died one by one. Finally, they had to pull the sledge by hand. Blizzard, frostbite, physical decline, the blow to Scott followed. 65438+ 10/6, victory is in sight, but the players found the Norwegian flag. Obviously, the opponent came to them. It was a very heavy mental blow, and some players almost collapsed.
"Forward!" Scott roared.
At 65438+ 10/8, Scott's expedition arrived at the South Pole. They saw Amundsen's letter in a tent in Norway. They planted the British flag next to the tent, and they became the runner-up in the South Pole.
The next day, the exhausted Scott team set foot on their way home. According to the practice of scientific exploration, they still collect all kinds of rock specimens along the way and write adventure diaries. Their rations were insufficient, some players' fingernails were frozen, the wind roared and two players died.
On March 29th, Scott wrote in his diary: "We will stick to it. But our end is not far away. It's a pity, but I'm afraid I can't keep a diary anymore. "
Eight months later, the search team found their tents and remains, and people found 18 kg of rocks and various fossil specimens beside Scott-they still didn't leave science behind when they died, and they still kept scientific wealth for mankind!