A Guest At Scott Base

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30962, 19 January 1966, Page 3

A Guest At Scott Base

(Special Crspdt. N.Z.P.A.) SCOTT BASE, Jan. 18. The son of the famous British explorer, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who perished returning from the South Pole in 1912, is at present in Antarctica retracing his father’s footsteps. A guest at New Zealand’s Scott Base while scenes for a 8.8. C. television documentary are shot, Mr Peter Scott, said today it was a “moving experience” to visit the places where his father had lived. “Antarctica is very much as I had imagined,” he said. “Scott Base is small and comfortable and has an atmosphere I like.” Special Dinner Last night a dinner was held at the base in conditions similar to those shown in a photograph of an evening meal in Captain Scott’s hut at Cape Evans. Mr Scott sat at the head of the table, as his father is shown in the photograph, while members

of the New Zealand team at the base sat along either side. Other scenes the 8.8. C. television crew plan to film are Mr Scott camping out near the base and ski-ing in the area. These will be cut in with photographs taken during Captain Scott’s expedition. i Mr Scott emphasised that

his father’s expedition had been primarily a scientific one. Although Captain Scott knew Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, was heading for the South Pole, he had continued with scientific work until late in the summer of 1911. Many members of Scott’s expedition later had distinguished scientific careers. ! One. Sir Charles Wright, although in his late 70’s, is still visiting Antarctica, his i last visit being this summer.