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Crevasse Fall on Return

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1912Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1912

Edgar Evans4 February 1912

Beardmore Glacier · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Evans suffers another fall during the difficult descent toward the Beardmore Glacier.

Robert Falcon Scott4 February 1912

Beardmore Glacier · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Scott falls into a crevasse while descending toward the Beardmore Glacier and continues after being recovered.

Names involved

Edgar EvansRobert Falcon Scott

Provenance

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