Captain Scott, British polar explorer, on the 'Terra Nova' light blue Original is oil on canvas-board

Original is oil on canvas-board

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Captain Scott, British polar explorer, on the 'Terra Nova' light blue Original is oil on canvas-boardCaptain Scott (1868 1912) on the 'Terra Nova', c1900s c1910s (1936). It was during the Terra Nova Expedition (1910 1913) that Scott and four companions reached the South Pole, only to find that the Norwegian expedition under Amundsen had beaten them to their objective by a month. Delayed on their return by blizzards and running out of supplies, Scott and his team died at the end of March. Their bodies and diaries were found eight months later. From