South Polar Times Magazine

SOUTH POLAR TIMES
LATHALLAN S1.1
THE DISCOVERY
William - Overseer
Oma- Front Cover Illustrator
George+Finn - General Illustrators
Naomi - Writer/Illustrator
Anna - Back Cover Illustrator
Content
Introduction
Antarctica Expedition Ends in Tragedy
Antarctic Habitats
1902 -1903
Dogs or Horses
The argument continues
The Ship That Braved Antarctica

The discovery
Those Who Ventured

The Crew
The Road To Antarctica

The route
Snacks on the Ship

the crews food
Genius Designs
Salt Boxes
Antarctica Expedition Ends in Tragedy: Robert
Falcon Scott and Team Perish in Icy Wilderness
LONDON, ENGLAND
Unfortunately, all of us are currently immensely devastated to inform the British
general public about the cataclysmic demise of which the recent British Antarctic
Expedition was plunged into. Courageously commanded and organised by a respected
naval officer, Captain Robert Falcon Scott made some abysmal decisions that
eventually led to a crisis. After battling extreme weather conditions and dwindling
supplies, Scott and his team perished in the icy wilderness of the South Pole.
The expedition began in 1910 and was an ambitious undertaking aimed at mapping
unexplored areas of Antarctica and claiming the South Pole for Britain. Scott and
his team set out from their base camp in October 1911, and after several grueling
months of travel, they finally reached the Pole on January 17th, 1912.
However, the joy of reaching their goal was short-lived. On the return journey, the
team encountered fierce blizzards and snow drifts that slowed their progress and
depleted their food and fuel supplies. Despite their best efforts, the team was able
to make it back to their base camp after their resources ran out.
In a heartbreaking journal entry dated
March 29th, 1912, Scott wrote: "We shall
stick it out to the end, but we are getting
weaker, of course, and the end cannot be
far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I
can write more."
Tragically, Scott and his team perished
just 11 miles from their base camp, with
only a few days' worth of supplies
remaining. Search parties dispatched to
find the group discovered their frozen (An artist’s impression of Scott and his crew
bodies in November 1912. members in a blizzard.)
The Antarctic Habitat - 1902-1903
Written by Robbie & Calan
Weather on the plain

On the Expedition to Antarctica led
by Robert Falcon Scott it was
described as a harsh environment
with temperatures going down as
low as -60.8 degrees and punishing
winds and gales lasting days on end.
The Antarctic Plateau
The landscape is just as difficult as
the weather for the scenery is
nothing but a barren wasteland with
towering mountains and glaciers too
high to climb or crevasses so deep to
fall in would mean certain death. We
faced many challenges that I can say
that nobody has ever faced before
Flora and Fauna
- Captain Falcon Scott leader of the Expedition
"On the Expedition, life found was
below count, due to the punishing
conditions, all We found was a
number of these strange creatures
who have come to be called penguins.
however nothing else was found."
Dogs and Horses - The Argument Continues
Written by Charlie
These included thirty-three sledging dogs and a collie Lassie. ' The thirty-
three, all Siberian dogs excepting the Esquimaux 'Peary' and 'Borup,'
For Lawrence Oates, the race to the South Pole had a portentous start.
Just two days after the Terra Nova Expedition left New Zealand in
November 1910, a violent storm killed two of the 19 ponies in Oates's care
and nearly sank the ship.
The dogs would be better
for many reasons; one of
them could be that the
horse will sing in the deep,
deep snow, its pained and
terrified whinnying echoing
across the barren landscape and making even the famed lost polar bear
of Merthyr Tydfil, SHIVER.
Other reasons could be that it would be much more effort to get the
point out of a cavity and if it was a dog it would be much easier
because they are much lighter and dogs are overall just better.
What do you think?

The Ship that Braved Antarctica
Written by Toby & Rory
The brand new fresh-looking ship left the Dundee dock

with its 450 horsepower triple expansion engine and
1,500 tons of brilliance. It was off to Antarctica with
its crew of 37 men set to be the first people to reach
the South pole. The Dundee Shipbuilders Company built
it. Dundee proudly presented the first purpose-built
research ship in history. They got exclusive access to
this Glorious ship and took some photographs. As you
can see the ship had masts and a crows nest at the top.
it is the last purpose built wooden ship ever!
Those who ventured - The Crew
Written by Archie
There were many crew members (37) that have now

stepped onto the Discovery. Top Right: Plumley. Back
Row: Blissett, Allan, Wild,Croucher, Kennar, Handsley,
Lashly, Crean, Dell, Evans, Clarke, Weller. Middle Row:
Pilbeam, Joyce, Williamson, Heald, Cross, Smythe, Scott.
Front Row: Ford,
Feather, Armitage,
Mulock, Shackleton,
Wilson, Skelton,
Scott, Royds,
Koettlitz, Bernacchi,
Ferrar, Hodgson,
Dellbridge, Dailey.
Robert Scott/Captain Robert Falcon Scott was born on
the 6th of June 1868 in Plymouth which is just off of
the English Channel and is going on the 1992 Polar
Expedition
The Road To Antarctica - The Route
Written by Elizabeth
Discovery left Isle of Wight on 6 August 1901, and
arrived in New Zealand via Cape Town on 29 November
after a detour below 40°S for a magnetic survey.
Quail Island in Lyttelton Harbour was used as the
quarantine station for the expedition's dogs. After
three weeks of final preparation she was ready for
the journey south. Discovery then sailed
south and stopped at
Cape Adare for repairs
then continued south
and turned eastward
for Cape Crozier for
more repairs.
A few months later Discovery arrived at a permanent
base and anchored at a place christened Winter Quarter
Bay.
Scott, Wilson and Shackleton left on 2 November 1902
with dogs and supporting parties. Their goal was "to get
as far south in a straight line on the Barrier ice as we
can, reach the Pole if possible, or find new land.
Snacks on the Ship - The crew’s food
Written by reid
It is a rather unappetizing mixture of

dried beef and lard. In addition we took
ship's biscuits (hard double-baked
biscuits), sugar, tea, cocoa, butter, and
Plasmon (a concentrated powdered food
like Complan), soup 'squares' (powdered
soup), red rations (pea meal and bacon
powder) and chopped bacon.
Genius Designs - Salt Boxes
Written by Finn
On the discovery a unique feature only to

this ship and no other in the world the ship
had inbuilt salt boxes so the wood which
was timber would not rot in the
freshwater near icebergs.
The water in the
ship would not
freeze and turn
to ice if the ship
was full of salt.
This would enable the ship to be able to
have greater sailing speed and plough
through icebergs snow and antarctic
conditions

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SOUTH POLAR TIMES

The Ship That Braved Antarctica

Those Who Ventured

The Road To Antarctica

Snacks on the Ship

Weather on the plain

What do you think?

The brand new fresh-looking ship left the Dundee dock

There were many crew members (37) that have now

It is a rather unappetizing mixture of

On the discovery a unique feature only to

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