Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Their final camp became their tomb; a high cairn of snow was erected over it, topped by a roughly fashioned cross. The bodies of Scott and his companions were discovered by a search party on 12 November 1912 and their records retrieved
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