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On November 12, 1912, a rescue team trekking across Antarctica s Great Ice Barrier finally found what they sought – the snow-covered tent of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. Inside, they made a grim discovery: Scott s frozen body lay between the bodies of two fellow explorers. They had died just eleven miles from the depot of supplies which might have saved them.

Why did Scott s meticulously laid plans finally end in disaster, while his rival, Norwegian Roald Amundsen, returned safely home with his crew after attaining the Pole only days before the British team?

In a newly revised and updated version of her original book, Diana Preston, returns to Antarctica and explores why Scott s carefully planned expedition failed, ending in tragedy.