2010 - 2013 marks the centenaries associated with Captain Robert Falcon Scott's British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition. A series of world wide initiatives are planned:
Scott's Last Expedition is an international touring exhibition and partnership commemorating Scott’s 1910-1913 Terra Nova expedition.
Scott-Amundsen Centenary Race. Prince William is Patron of The Scott-Amundsen Centenary Race 2011/12. The Race - undertaken by six serving members of the British Army - will pay homage to the extraordinary race to reach the South Pole between Captain Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen a century ago.
Scott 100 (an initative by Antarctica 100) brings together details of many of the events being organised internationally to commemorate the expedition's achievements.
The Scott Polar Research Institute is republishing Captain Scott's last journals as a daily blog. SPRI's museum also reopened in June 2010 following a major refurbishment.
International Scott Centenary Expedition. In January 2012, members of ISCE2012 will undertake an expedition to Captain Scott’s last camp site and hold a commemorative service. Along the way they plan to raise public awareness of the achievements of the expedition, their role in advancing polar research and to celebrate the spirit and values associated with Captain Scott and his men.
The Scott Polar Research Institute, the Royal Geographical Society and the Alexander Turnbull Library all hold excellent online historical photographic collections associated with the expeditions.
“Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every …man.”
Captain Scott’s message to the public, March 1912.
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