The year was 1911 and two prestigious explorers had the same idea at the same time: Be the first to reach the center of the South Pole. These two men did not know each other, and they never imagined that this challenge would become a race.
Robert Falcon Scott He was the captain of the British exploration team, and Roald Amundsen the captain of the Norwegian team.
Amundsen, leader of the Norwegian explorers, decided to leave being six men, and carrying four sleds and fifty-two dogsHowever, Scott, the British explorer, prepared to start the race being nine men, some motor sleds and ten horses.
Halfway through the trip, Scott sent four companions back, and continued the trip with a total of four companions. However, this was not enough, and it took him 34 days longer than his adversary to reach the center of the South Pole. As if this were not enough, Falcon Scott and his traveling companions died on their return trip, and Even though they were the second group of people to set foot on the South Pole, they never got to tell it.
There were two key factors that gave Roald Amundsen such an advantage: First, the fact of travel with dogs pulling his supplies was a great idea, because although canines have less strength than horses, they handle much better in the snow and ice, and the second factor was that the Norwegian he had no qualms about killing the dogs who became weaker, and used them as food, having planned this before starting the race to carry less load of provisions and at the same time have his supplies (the dogs) transport his men and their tools.
On the other hand, Falcon Scott miscalculated supplies of nine people, had problems traveling with horses on ice, refused to sacrifice any animals for food and neither He was cold-blooded enough to leave two of his four companions behind. finals, They were in very bad condition and prevented them from advancing at a safe pace.
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