THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE.
AMUNDSEN'S RECORDS FOUND. Captain R. F. Scott reached the South Pole on January 18,1912. He found Captain Amundsen's tent and records. On the journey south the whole southern party perished. Captain Scott, Dr. Wilson and Lieutenant Bowers died from exposure during a blizzard about March 29, 1912. THE LAST CAMP. The last camp was eleven miles south of the One Ton depot, or 355 -niles from the hut at Cape Evans. Captain Oates died from exposure on March 17, and PettyOfficer Edgar Evans died from concussion of the brain on February I- The health of the remainder of the expedition is excellent, including Lieutenant Campbell's partv, who wintered in Terra Nova Bay.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 226, 12 February 1913, Page 5
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117THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 226, 12 February 1913, Page 5
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