Captain 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 His Majesty the King, 1910-1935, introduction by HW Wilson (Associated Newspapers Ltd, London, 1936). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Able seaman Mortimer McCarthy at the wheel of the ‘Terra Nova’, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 1910. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

Captain Lawrence Oates (1880 – 1912) in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 1911. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images.

Lawrence Oates died on the day of his 32nd birthday, March 17th 1912 – He was the second member of the Polar Party to die.

Petty Officer Edgar Evans (1876 – 1912) in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 1911. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

Edgar Evans was the first of the returning Polar Patry to die. His demise occurred on February 17th 1912 near the foot of the Beardmore Glacier.

Geologist Frank Debenham (1883 – 1965) grinds stone samples at camp in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 12th July 1911. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers (1883 ? 1912) in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, April 1911. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

‘Birdie’ Bowers died alongside Scott and Wilson, in their tent on the Ross Ice Shelf circa 29th March 1912.

Canadian explorer Sir Charles Seymour Wright (1887 – 1975) in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, January 1912. He has just returned from the Great Ice Barrier as part of the first support party, while Scott and the others continued on toward the South Pole. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson (1872 – 1912) works on a sketch at camp in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 1911. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

Wilson would die alongside Scott and Bowers, in their tent on the Ross Ice Shelf around March 29th 1912 – The day of Scott’s final journal entry and the day it is presumed the last of the five man Polar party died.

Thomas Clissold leads an Emperor penguin by a rope in the Ross Dependency, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 1st April 1911. Clissold was the expedition cook. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 – 1912) writes his journal in the Winterquarters Hut, in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during his Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 7th October 1911. Behind him are pictures of his wife and son. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886 – 1959) with the pony ‘Michael’ in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, October 1911. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

Dog handler Cecil Meares with his animals on the deck of the ‘Terra Nova’, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 3rd January 1911.

Expedition cook Thomas Clissold makes pies at camp in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, January 1912. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

Anton Omelchenko cuts Patrick Keohane’s hair at their camp in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, January 1912. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

H,G Ponting, Captain Scott+s Antarctic Expedition 1910 – 1912, 17th December, 1910, Crew members letting down the water bottle over the side of the ‘Terra Nova’ ship into the pack ice (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

H,G Ponting, Captain Scott+s Antarctic Expedition 1910 – 1912, Photographer Herbert Ponting taking a picture of whales with his camera over the side of the Terra Nova ship (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

H,G Ponting, Captain Scott+s Antarctic Expedition 1910 – 1912, Full length portrait of Lieutenant Rennick on board the Terra Nova off the coast of New Zealand (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

H,G Ponting, Captain Scott+s Antarctic Expedition 1910 – 1912, Expedition team member Williams at the sounding engine on board the Terra Nova ship (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

1st December 1911: British explorer Captain Scott (1868 – 1912) on his doomed expedition to the Antarctic. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dog handler Cecil Meares makes a dog harness at camp in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 13th July 1911. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)Dog handler Cecil Meares makes a dog harness at camp in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 13th July 1911. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

Bosun Alfred B. Cheetham with the ship’s ice anchor, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, December 1910. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

Photographer Herbert Ponting (1870 – 1935) is attacked by an angry penguin at Cape Royds, Ross Island, in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 1911. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

H,G Ponting, Captain Scott+s Antarctic Expedition 1910 – 1912, 11th December, 1910, The -Terra Nova+ anchored to the ice (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

H,G Ponting, Captain Scott+s Antarctic Expedition 1910 – 1912, December, 1910, Captain Oates with some of the ponies in their stables on board the ‘Terra Nova’ ship (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

H,G Ponting, Captain Scott+s Antarctic Expedition 1910 – 1912, Full length portrait of crew members looking relaxed on the fo’castle on board the Terra Nova off the coast of New Zealand (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

H,G Ponting, Captain Scott+s Antarctic Expedition 1910 – 1912, Sailors making clothing on board the Terra Nova (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

H,G Ponting, Captain Scott+s Antarctic Expedition 1910 – 1912, December, 1910, Expedition team members working the pumps on board the Terra Nova ship (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

H,G Ponting, Captain Scott+s Antarctic Expedition 1910 – 1912, A group of officers pose for a photograph on the deck of the Terra Nova (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

H,G Ponting, Captain Scott+s Antarctic Expedition 1910 – 1912, 17th December, 1910, Dr, Wilson aims his rifle while practicing shooting on the deck of the ‘Terra Nova’ ship (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)