Scott of the Antarctic: the lies that doomed his race to the pole

Far from being a heroic amateur as he’s so often portrayed the explorer championed science and, as Robin McKie reveals, was a victim of cruel luck – and deception On 12 November 1912, a party of British explorers was crossing the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica when one of the team, Charles Wright, noticed “a small object projecting above the surface”. He halted and discovered the tip of a

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