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I wish you guys expanded on Oates' sacrifice. Dude tells the team "I am just going outside and may be some time." because he knew his worsening condition was holding back the rest of the team and they'd have a chance if he sacrificed himself. And so he did. That got glossed over in this video but I always found that story to be heroic. That man had balls of steel to face certain death if it meant he could help his team survive. It was in vain, sure. But... I always felt it was noble of him to accept his fate and give others a chance.
I was wondering about that too. Did his teammates know what he did and try to stop him? Or did they tell him to go outside and die because he was slowing everybody else down?
@@foflip8124 Right? The Norwegians showed up like "Ah, yes. Endless ice and snow. Bitter cold. Perfect. Just like home in January." Takes more than a little ice and cold to scare off vikings lol.
What’s really depressing is that the last diary notes showed that a blizzard did not trap them, instead Scott got frostbite and was unable to make the last stretch home. Instead his friend lied about the blizzard, giving him an excuse to stay with Scott as the cold soon engulfed his last chance to escape. This is try loyalty. Even more to this, Scott told people to not blame the scientist who measured the temperatures, he said that they did their best and could have never predicted this to ever happen.
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You used the wrong British flag. The flag you used ended in 1801, 111 years before your dates in the video. Clear difference in the 4 white diagonal stripes. Rookie error.
Tom Crean was Irish and others in the team were Scottish. Calling them English is kinda disingenuous. Edit: Coles last words to the group also should have been included I think. "I am going outside, I may be some time."
Aw that's really sad, why would the news shame him after he died though? That's disrespectful. So after a little bit of research turns out Vox left out a lot of details about the mishaps of Scott's plan. He came really unprepared, which is part of the reason why he was late. And possibly part of the reason why him and his crew died. I find that really sad though, I feel like that if everyone wasn't rushing and prioritised safety first both teams would've made it back safely.
Because he's a "Colonial" Brit that was outsmarted by a "mere" Norwegian. The 5 weeks of difference in arrival + the pony vs dog sled were big signs in the news to make a mockery out of them; even if they would have survived. It was only way later that research on him proved that he was struck by a wave of bad luck, rather than him making poor decisions (okay, maybe except the horse thing).
Except it didn't, the british press barked at Amundsen for years calling him 'cheater' and glorifying Scott for being 'gentleman' who used 'noble' animals instead of 'rabid' dogs trying to destroy Amundsen every way they could, which you'd knew if you ever paid attention in history class...
If you read Amundsen book you can prove it was good(almost obsesive preparation) vs very bad preparation and lack of experience by the english team. Amundsen goes in the book explaining that even the dogs pemmican has bits of dry fruit so they doesnt lack vitamins. He sends polar boots to be made again because soles are too hard and will generate blisters ( and possibly Gangrene) he makes a separated deck flooring of the ship so their dogs have better air circulation (when traveling ecuatorial seas) and easier cleaning of their waste ... I can keep going but you can make an idea.
“Victory awaits him who has everything in order, luck some people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck.” - Roald Amundsen
You say that but after the news of Scott’s failure both Amundsen and Shackleton were shocked how a such a well planned, organized and supplies expedition failed. The British were clearly prepared
@@norwegiannationalist7678 It was necessary for survival. there is no mammals on antarctic. only micro organisms. The penguins and polar bears were brought there by humans. So no food other than the dogs.
@@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel4638 Mainly I just think this is better because it's a less common story, the British dying really has nothing to do with what I intended to portray. Sorry if I did not formulate myself clearly.
Amundsen ran a pretty slick operation, pardon my pun. His feat of sailing the Northwest Passage is just as impressive, and gave him the opportunity to learn dog sledding from the Inuit. For the South Pole expedition, he hired a world champion cross-country skiier to lead the pack. Little wonder they were almost back at main base by the time the British man-hauled their sleds to the pole.
If Amundsen had known that Scott were in peril, he would've went to save him. After all, he was the type of man who admired those who dared; even if the victim were his rival. The demise of Scott and his team troubled him greatly despite his achievement (he never liked seeing death. The first death he encountered was when a sailor was swept overboard during a storm close to Antarctica , and it left him very uneasy) and this may have had encouraged him to offer more help to others in trouble. This motivation would eventually lead to his mysterious & supposed demise, when he attempted to rescue Italian explorer, Nobile, in 1928. In doing so, Amundsen and his team of French and Norwegian rescuers would simply vanish, never to be seen again.
Every Norwegian on the Amundsen team has skied all their lives and they were expert skiers. They also KNEW how to use dogs for hauling and had trained over a year how to work with the dogs, taking lessons from Eskimos in the Arctic. They were also taught by the Eskimos how to build igloos. They fed the dogs seal meat. They marked their path as they went, putting food depots close together. They packed extra food to allow for problems. They basically skied home down hill most of the way back with the dogs doing all the hauling. And the dogs were running. They also had no problem traveling in a blizzard. Scott and his men walked most of the way, dragging the sleds, added an fifth man at the last minute after bringing enough food for four. They had to haul the food for the ponies. The ponies would sink int the snow. Their path back was not clearly marked. Their depots were too far apart. They brought a few sled dogs on the trip, but they left them at the home base when they set out for the pole because they had no idea how to use the dogs. It was not the weather that destroyed him, it was the poor planning.
British attempts at Antarctica in the early years usually involved dogs but the dogs were usually carried by the men or slaughtered for meat because they weren't fed properly.
Nice. I saw the new "Amundsen" movie on cinema today. Surprisingly exciting and thrilling. It shows the Norwegian side of the race. Amundsen's childhood, earlier expeditions, conversations with the British, and the North Pole expedition ect. In a speech after Amundsen (Norwegians) had returned safe home from the South Pole, he was in the UK for dinner and was supposed to receive an honorary speech, but in the speech, the british said at the end: "Let us honor the brave. Cheers for the dogs!" (The British noble man did not mention the Norwegian crew, just their dogs). Amundsen got little disappointed of the British because he felt they became bad losers.
Probably because Scott was far more respected than Amundsen and overall contributed far more to the exploration and understanding of Antarctica. Also Amundsen apparently wasn't a great guy. He was more concerned with being first as opposed to actual exploration, he was meant to try and reach the north pole first, but upon finding out it had been done, secretly planned to get to the south first instead. Most explorers of the age were gentleman and were open about their intentions and they didn't want to undercut Scott who had done so much for exploration in Antartica. Amundsens decision and the fact he was so conceited about it was met with disapproval from the whole community as well as his own country.
Instead of congratulations for Amundsen the British have a campaign that excuses Scott's incompetent leadership. They ignore that Scott planned to use 4 men and then took 5. He used inadequate clothing, man hauling. His crew were dead men walking when they reached the Pole. How can they blame the weather when they were so slow getting to the Pole and should have planned for bad weather. This is Antarctica not SOHO.
@@ronaldsmith4153 Some of your points are correct, however some of Scott's decisions make more sense in context. For one the British did use dogs, just not as extensively as the Norwegians as on a prior expedition dogs had failed, albeit largely due to British inexperience, subsequently Scott didn't realise their true value. The British didn't particularly take much longer than the Norwegians, while they arrived a month later, you need to understand that it wasn't a straight race like you might find in an athletic competition, but more akin to the Space Race in that the teams set out at different times, with different routes and different methods. Amundsen actually first attempted it almost three months prior to the British, but had to turn back. The Norwegians won because they had the better expedition as opposed to British incompetence. They left earlier, they were naturally more skilled in skiing and using dogs as they had done it since childhood and because their gamble to use a previously unused route paid off as it was shorter and easier. Also with the exception of Evan's who had undiagnosed medical problems, the rest of Scott's team would easily have made it back hadn't it been for the weather. Scott had prepared for the weather as he had done extensive studies on it on prior expedition's, however even by Antarcticas standards the weather was freakishly bad that year and a complete anomaly. It was up to 20 degrees colder than average. Don't get me wrong, Scott did make mistakes and the better expedition won, however Scott has been unfairly dragged through the mud in the latter half of the 20th century and only now historians are countering this and giving a more balanced view on the man, especially as his studies have been integral to our scientific understanding of Antarctica.
I see most of Scott's mistakes as systemic, a result of Royal Navy groupthink. The manhauling, the ponies, the ill-suited clothing, all had been used in previous British expeditions and carried into this one. But Scott's worst mistake isn't mentioned at all in the video. It was deciding, atop the Glacier, to add a fifth member to his Polar party, despite having only planned rations for four. Once again, it can be argued it's a systemic error, because It was done ostensibly for protocol, in order to have a representative of every branch of the British Army at the pole. And so he picked Oates, who had been in charge of the ponies (which weren't even around anymore) and had no previous Polar experience or skill to help his team. Scott still would not have beat Amundsen, but he might have had the supplies needed to make it back to camp alive. Sadly, that must have weighed heavy on Oates' mind when he walked off into that blizzard, never to be seen again.
I don't know why I'd not considered the significance of Scott's RN career to his decision making before, but now it occurs to me that another potentially fatal mistake could be explained by the same kind of groupthink. Evans requested that Reginald Skelton, the engineer who developed and tested the motor sleds, shouldn't accompany them because Skelton outranked Evans, something the second-in-command couldn't get past. I doubt anyone other than an officer would've bowed to this request. Had Skelton been there, the repeated faults which ultimately rendered the sleds useless might've been resolved, giving the teams an alternative to the barely-useful ponies when laying one ton depot. They only needed 11 miles; they would've had 30.
yes, it was a mistake to add a fifth member to the polar party, but it was not an issue of rations, as you state. The returning party of three (Evans, Crean and Lashly) only took the amount of three man rations on their way back, so five man rations were left for Scott, Wilson, Bowers, Oates and Evans on their return journey. What mattered was that the cooking for five men took half an hour longer each day than it would have taken for four men. That was the issue that caused them to loose half a mile daily - which amounted to about 30 miles for the Jan. 18 to March 19 time span.
Scott made mistake after mistake and was a poor leader. Amundsen's clothing was superior. His plan to use dog power saved his men from excruciating effort. He planned to use 4 men and then took 5. This cut everyone's ration which was inadequate already. Two men died before bad weather set in so don't blame the weather. GOOD LEADERS PLAN ON BAD WEATHER IN Antarctica? They were dead when they reached the POLE. Cold frostbitten and short on supplies because of Scott's incompetence.
@@bluesserenader They were dead when they hit the South Pole. They were exhausted and cold and 3 men complained that they felt cold. Their clothing was inadequate. Their plan was for 4 men and taking 5 meant one man was pushed out of the tent. Their feet were frozen and they could not get their boots back on easily. Two men died before they got to within range of their depot. Their fuel cans leaked and were only partly full. Scott complained about this. The Norwegians used skiers who were world class athletes and dog sleds. to lead their team while Scott thought the indominable spirit and his Royal navy training would carry them.
I mean, it wasn't just the tropping temperatures that killed Scott's team: 1. Scurvy. There was no vitamin C in their diet. The only they got was the tiny amount from eating fresh meat. 2. The ponies and electrical sleds would never have worked out, even under the best of circumstances, for several reasons. Many of the ponies died horrible deaths, because they left the horses' snow shoes at base, for example. 3. They WALKED. The Amundsen team skied and saved so much energy and time. The britts refused, even though they had a Norwegian at their base strongly advising them to learn how. Scott also went against much of Nansen's advise. 4. Clothes. Their clothes started falling apart from overuse, which really didn't help when the temperatures dropped.. Amundsen brought extra seal skin coats he never got to use. Just in case. 5. The people waiting at the base could have sent a search team for them. But their "English pride" or whatever you want to call it, prevented them from doing so. 6. Heavy equipment. For some reason they couldn't navigate without really heavy equipment. Also other science equipment they should have ditched along the way, to save the team's lives. 7. Last minute change of plans: They decided to include one new team member last minute. Really didn't help with those food reserves. 8. Food. They didn't have enough of it. They didn't have enough calories. If there was one thing that killed Scott's team, it was slow starvation. He didn't make the right calculations of how much energy it takes to haul several pounds of food and equipment through snow and cold temperatures. This was a horrible tragedy. But it wasn't just due to temperature changes. There was also a lot of human error, other cases of bad luck... and hubris. At the end of the day, Scott was responsible for his team's well-being, and he led them all to an early grave.
Thanks for sharing more details about this expedition. Many things I didn't know. Now, regarding who was responsible for that fiasco, although I agree with you that they should have been more prepared, you have to remember the time. They knew barely nothing about Antarctica and had rudimentary equipment... Of course, foolish pride and unpreparedness must have played a role but that expedition would be tough even today... In any case, thanks again for all the details you provided.
True, the Norwegians were prepared for the worst case scenario and they used a method of travel still used today in the snow. Scott’s team was doomed from the moment he said “we’re walking”
everything that you point out to is due to low temperatures. they didn't expect the weather to get so cold. so the cold killed them b.c they weren't prepared to journey themselves in that kind of temperature.
Other information: - Antarctica and South Pole were Amundsen's secret plan. Their ship was supposed to sail to the Arctic at first. - around Amundsen's base, the British (Eastern Party which led by Campbell) and Norwegians exchanged pleasantries and visited each other before the South Pole expedition. - Evan, the first guy died, his body never found by the search party - 4:28 it's Scott's sculpture that was made by his wife
also... scott refused help from Amundsen on how to modify their sleds to be lighter. also Amundsen was very worried about the snow mobiles that Scott took, thinking that they would easily outpace his dogs. its also speculated that the storm that stopped Scott in his tracks never happened and they had actually become just too weak to go on because no snow storms have been observed in Antartica that last 5 weeks...
I’m Chinese When I’m in junior high school I learned a article titled “The Fight for the South Pole”by Stefan Zweig,which told me the story about the exploration. Respect to these Explorers！！！
It should be called the "Amundsen Station". I don't know many other places named after the person who came in 2nd place. Imagine Washington DC being named Washington-Adams DC (after John Adams, the second US president).
@@todortodorov940 Probably because Scott contributed a lot more to the actial exploration and understanding of antarctixa while Amundsen was more about getting there first.
So apparently Scott's plan wasn't really that well thought through. The ponies and motorised sleds they used were ineffective, so his team had to mostly pull the supplies by themselves. Which really ended up slowing them down. Scott's team would've made it back, if it hadn't been for the unpredictable weather conditions, but very slow and very late.
Aisha TOMMY the Norwegians looked to Inuit tribes and what they wore, witch was mostly seal furs from what I remember from school, if Amundsen went for what Norwegians wore he would have died in a woolen onesie
@@fablion6324 I know that they didnt exclusivly use Norwegian equipment. They had gone on trips to the Arctic before with Indigenous guides who heavily influenced Low temp protective clothing. This really helped Amundsen and his mission
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Okay i think i found it! It is the murder of Monsieur Canon from the studio of Alphonse Bertillon who was one of the first people to start a record for criminal identification.
The major factor you neglected to mention was that Scott had planned supplies for 4, and included bowers at the last minute which meant the now 5 men had to ration food and were effectively starving from the offset of their journey, expending more calories than they had to consume.
Whereas the Norwegians gained weight during their trek, having plenty of food to eat. Not only their sled dogs, which they would «harvest» and consume en route (which also protected them from scurvy, as dogs produce vitamin C naturally in their bodies), but also due to the fact that they had prudently laid out one depot per 1 degree latitude on the Ross ice shelf (a total of 5 depots), which ensured the Norwegians plenty of sustenance on their way back to their base camp.
The version of the Union Flag used in the graphics here hadn't been in use for more than 100 years at the time of the Scott expedition. The modern version of the flag was adopted in 1801. You can see it in photographs of this very expedition. Actually, you can see it at 3:44
And an Irish man Tom Crean who was the one who found the bodies and is unique in that he was one of the first people to go on two separate expeditions to Antarctica, first with Scott and then Shackleton.
I'm Norwegian and minus 35 celsius is the coldest I've ever experienced. Pulling a sled by foot at - 40 with the equipment they had back then is extremely brutal!
A point to survival, Scott took 5-men and only 4 were planned for the final try, leaving the strongest man of all to return with an officer suffering scurvy, Tom Crean, who in their last miles to the base the officer failed, Crean did 36-miles solo on a biscuit & some chocolate to get help, dog teams made hours before a blizzard moved in. Crean was the unsung hero, Scott denied his wont of being among the 1st to the pole saying you got a bit of a cold, Crean was devastated yet too loyal to object, it saved his life to be with Shackleton, again as an unsung hero compared to Worsley & The Boss. Ymmv 🍺
I would also recommend the documentary made about this expedition (they had a documentary crew for a portion of the time on their way to the South pole). This is also quite groundbreaking film achievement considering this was made so many years ago. It's called "The Great White Silence" and is one of the best films of the 1920's. They told the last journey through a combined use of animation and journal snippets which makes for a harrowing tale.
Thank you so much for this video. I was looking for a brief overview of the discovery of the South Pole for my classes of students in grades 4 to 9. I didn't want anything too long or too depressing, just accurate and interesting. This was GREAT!
i read the story in 1997 in a rapid reader text book of my elder brother back in school. each of the word still pops up in my head. a great and emotional story and a journey they made together. RIP Scott
Oh yes, such a entertaining video, well narrated, with kind of a dark and unsettling vibe, addictive storytelling, great editing (as always!), Vox you're a blessing. Ps. I only wish your videos could be longer, but I guess quality over quantity ( :
Yes excellent book, also read about the life of Tom Crean from Co Kerry "The unsung hero" he should have been on team for the last push to the pole, had more experience than most but wasn't a senior rank, I think he was a Petty Officer.
The way the Norwegian team managed their depots was also quite amazing. They took every precaution in making sure they weren’t going to get stranded. The Norwegians placed their depots in 3 lines with the center being the main trail. The outer depots were placed by calculating the biggest navigational possible & then doubling it.
Scott never planned for a race, his first and foremost goal was scientific exploration. Amundsen hid his plans to go for the pole (seeing the North pole priority, his original goal, had been taken from him) from everyone, even his crew, until they were at sail. Scott never had a sporting chance at pole priority. Highly recommend Ran Fienne's book on the matter ("Captain Scott")
This is such an overlooked and important fact. Scott spent years planning and resourcing this expedition; it was always designed to facilitate man-hauling. Dogs are faster but in the crevassed Antarctic continent, a speeding dog sled can disappear in an instant. They’re also animals and in high stress situations, can’t compromise instinct. Teams of men were slower but more metronomic and adaptable. Scott pioneered so much new technology and had used dogs preciously though, so I think he’d had changed his approach if he had been given more than a day’s notice about the race.
💡 *The question is:* would you rather take an expedition to the *South Pole* or *Mars?* 🤔 Choose wisely....the least dangerous is filled with unknown terrain, brutal temperatures that can kill you within minutes and a lack of food that could make any malfunction of equipment lethal....the other is Mars.
-Vox has put a correction in the video description about these mistakes. The team to carry out the expedition weren’t just English. It was three Englishmen, Welshmen and a Scot. Also, why are you using that Union Jack at the start? The one that is currently used now has been in place since 1800s. Also Vox, this was British expedition... so why do you keep calling them/it English?
As they say, when a Scott/Welshman/Irishman does something great, they're British/English but when they fail at something, their nationality is specified. :D
My school joined the drive to provide dogs for Scott's journey. I always remember a photograph on a corridor wall of a dog named Oldham who was donated to the expedition. It was only years later that I realised Scott's party would have shot and eaten the animal.
Amazing job, Vox! You should make a follow up episode on this topic covering the expedition lead by Sir E. Shackleton that is imho even more interesting.
"Victory awaits him, who has everything in order - luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions - bad luck we call it" - Roald Amundsen
You're absolutey right that the team shouldn't be called English. Although, of the five man trekking (obviously the support crew is a different matter) party; 3 were English (Scott, Wilson and Oates), 1 was Scottish (Bowers) and 1 was Welsh (Evans).
I readed the book, the norweigens said “the english dont know about snow, but we know” nowrwegeons were poor and the scotts team was rich like that is some serious shade from norwigens lol Sorry bad english im german
There is something so human about these trips to the South and North poles. A tragic hopefulness met with sheer harsh reality. They seem to represent life itself.
Don’t you think that reaching the south pole was just as much Amundsen’s dream as it was Scott’s? It’s not the sort of thing you can do without motivation, passion and drive. I don’t think the tragedy of Scott’s mission should take away from Amundsen’s achievement
A great video, but please be sure to consistently refer to Scott’s team as British! Speaking as a descendant of Edgar Evans - a Welshman - we should recognise that the efforts of the Terra Nova expedition were not exclusively English.
Few here seems to understand what both expeditions had to face. As a Norwegian, Amundsen was more informed about the importance on dog-sleds. (they still are) And was lucky to get not caught in late blizzards. Scott was on the wrong foot from the beginning and the late extreme cold blizzards killed his last crew. Both crews are people to remember. I Don't see ANYONE to be brave enough to even TRY the reaching of the south pole in THAT year ! Kudos to both.These were REAL explorers.
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Norway is better
Cool video tho
What's the name of the book out of which that beautifully drawn map comes from where you can see the route Scott's team took?
O-O
i thought vox was a guitar amp company
*first line of video
"Everyone in this photo died"
Me: jesus ok
@@avryzelmis.9065 "soon after"
Pleasant.
It captured my attention honestly
Those men are brave and history will remember them as such
I’m your 5k like
I wish you guys expanded on Oates' sacrifice. Dude tells the team "I am just going outside and may be some time." because he knew his worsening condition was holding back the rest of the team and they'd have a chance if he sacrificed himself. And so he did.
That got glossed over in this video but I always found that story to be heroic. That man had balls of steel to face certain death if it meant he could help his team survive. It was in vain, sure. But... I always felt it was noble of him to accept his fate and give others a chance.
Yea they should have talked more about him. What a gentleman he was
I was wondering about that too. Did his teammates know what he did and try to stop him? Or did they tell him to go outside and die because he was slowing everybody else down?
"aight bro I'm boutta head out. cya in a few"
They covered it enough given the video's short length.
Best part of the story. What an incredible thing to do. Unreal.
It doesn't surprise me the Norwegians were able to ski so much better. They are crazy good with skis
Thanks
fun fact: despite skiing so much all norwegian team gain weight and muscles during the expedition because unlike the British, they were well supplied
We're Vikings lol
@@foflip8124 Right? The Norwegians showed up like "Ah, yes. Endless ice and snow. Bitter cold. Perfect. Just like home in January."
Takes more than a little ice and cold to scare off vikings lol.
We Austrians are better ;-)
What’s really depressing is that the last diary notes showed that a blizzard did not trap them, instead Scott got frostbite and was unable to make the last stretch home. Instead his friend lied about the blizzard, giving him an excuse to stay with Scott as the cold soon engulfed his last chance to escape. This is try loyalty. Even more to this, Scott told people to not blame the scientist who measured the temperatures, he said that they did their best and could have never predicted this to ever happen.
god im sad
sad im god
god sad im
@@ninja.saywhat god im troll.
Will I go to heaven?
Imagine pushing on after leaving Scott.., Or he could mybe have come back or something
Go Norway! But also.. now I feel really bad for the British team :(
I know right :( They died just after realizing their dreams will never come true and all their hard work and effort was for nothing :(
@@Someone-ig7we At least their story is being remembered. They have been inmortalized.
@@Someone-ig7weim kinda mad that the us did not adventure there😐 eh we will stick with greenland
@Lm7147clap clap clap clap claaap
@Lm7147 He was laughing at the stereotypical joke of America. But it was pretty funny
Hi - Coleman here. Darkroom is a history series that unravels the stories of individual photographs. And I know, this one is kind of grim.
But don't worry, the next episode is about the Hindenburg. Thanks for watching!
As if people melting in hydrogen fires isn’t grim. Lol, keep it up, I like the concept
Hi vox , can i suggest a story?
You used the wrong British flag. The flag you used ended in 1801, 111 years before your dates in the video. Clear difference in the 4 white diagonal stripes. Rookie error.
Tom Crean was Irish and others in the team were Scottish. Calling them English is kinda disingenuous.
Edit: Coles last words to the group also should have been included I think.
"I am going outside, I may be some time."
Nice series, Coleman.
Imagine bringing ponies to the south pole this was made by Amundsen gang
«Tenk å ta med ponnier til sør-polen. Dette var laget av Amundsen gjengen»
Im in the Amundsen gang
i ha5te this meme
@@Leo-hk6qg haste
Jeg elsker Læffy
I guess u could say the whole thing went south
CoMpAsSEs DoESnT wOrk In ThE SoUTh POLe
@Sahil Ali uwu
if they were going the opposite way of the South Pole, would that be North ? 🤔
:(
It all went south as soon as they started north.
I... am a bit... speechless. What a remarkable story, and told extremely well.
This is why I love youtube.
radudeATL you mean large media companies who provide this channel.
Elin Winblad that we only watch on TH-cam because we don’t know any other sources hence why the user loves TH-cam
Antonio Wombdiska it’s just cable tv rebranded
@@ElinWinblad that's just completely incorrect
DJ Devyn lol oh my sweet summer child
Him: everyone in the photo died
The camera man: 🥶
See Cameramen never dies meme were true
@Kuttiparambil Achyuth he buddy do you hear that?
They were found by search team, camerman should also have probably died.
@@devarora3770 it’s a JOKE
@@devarora3770 how did the search team survive??
Quality work. At this point you guys at VOX are setting the bar at ever higher levels. Keep it up!
Nicholas Borelli totally agree! I both love Vox and they drive me to want to be a better video maker! So inspiring and the content is just beautiful!
Norway ftw!💪🏻💪🏻
The visuals are good, the research could use more work
Wrong flag for UK at the time and incorrectly called them English. Little things but is still sloppy and takes away from video.
Aw that's really sad, why would the news shame him after he died though?
That's disrespectful.
So after a little bit of research turns out Vox left out a lot of details about the mishaps of Scott's plan. He came really unprepared, which is part of the reason why he was late. And possibly part of the reason why him and his crew died.
I find that really sad though, I feel like that if everyone wasn't rushing and prioritised safety first both teams would've made it back safely.
Unfortunately, the news doesn't have a reputation of being respectful.
I understand the feeling, but I think rationally we should not have to show more respect to dead people than to living ones.
Because he didn't just get himself killed. Being a leader means the chance for most of the glory, and the risk for most of the blame.
Because he's a "Colonial" Brit that was outsmarted by a "mere" Norwegian. The 5 weeks of difference in arrival + the pony vs dog sled were big signs in the news to make a mockery out of them; even if they would have survived.
It was only way later that research on him proved that he was struck by a wave of bad luck, rather than him making poor decisions (okay, maybe except the horse thing).
Except it didn't, the british press barked at Amundsen for years calling him 'cheater' and glorifying Scott for being 'gentleman' who used 'noble' animals instead of 'rabid' dogs trying to destroy Amundsen every way they could, which you'd knew if you ever paid attention in history class...
Can't wait for next episode, Liked this after first 35 seconds.
If you read Amundsen book you can prove it was good(almost obsesive preparation) vs very bad preparation and lack of experience by the english team. Amundsen goes in the book explaining that even the dogs pemmican has bits of dry fruit so they doesnt lack vitamins. He sends polar boots to be made again because soles are too hard and will generate blisters ( and possibly Gangrene) he makes a separated deck flooring of the ship so their dogs have better air circulation (when traveling ecuatorial seas) and easier cleaning of their waste ... I can keep going but you can make an idea.
British team*
“Victory awaits him who has everything in order, luck some people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck.” - Roald Amundsen
You say that but after the news of Scott’s failure both Amundsen and Shackleton were shocked how a such a well planned, organized and supplies expedition failed.
The British were clearly prepared
@@cassu6 They clearly weren't
"I've got dogs and I know how to use them!"
- Amundsen
Yea he had no problem feeding dogs to each other. Scott could do that with ponies. But dogs? That was too much for men that loved the animals
@@j0nnyism wait! did they ate the dogs!?
@@gillettematch3188 yup they did👍, was it smart YES
@@gillettematch3188eating dogs is better than dying, and eating dogs were common in thoose times
@@norwegiannationalist7678 It was necessary for survival. there is no mammals on antarctic. only micro organisms. The penguins and polar bears were brought there by humans. So no food other than the dogs.
"I am just going outside and may be some time." - Last words of Capt Lawrence Oates.
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PERKELE and thank you very much
How about the Norwegian adventure? That seems fascinating too, and a little less tragic
I think that story has been told many times, also, it's not as fascinating as he actually knew what he was doing.
@@clickbaitcancer120 that's what was fascinating... is it more fascinating that the british died? You maje no sense
@@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel4638 Mainly I just think this is better because it's a less common story, the British dying really has nothing to do with what I intended to portray. Sorry if I did not formulate myself clearly.
Amundsen ran a pretty slick operation, pardon my pun. His feat of sailing the Northwest Passage is just as impressive, and gave him the opportunity to learn dog sledding from the Inuit. For the South Pole expedition, he hired a world champion cross-country skiier to lead the pack. Little wonder they were almost back at main base by the time the British man-hauled their sleds to the pole.
there is a movie coming out soon about the norwegians, simply called "AMUNDSEN" (2019)
If Amundsen had known that Scott were in peril, he would've went to save him. After all, he was the type of man who admired those who dared; even if the victim were his rival. The demise of Scott and his team troubled him greatly despite his achievement (he never liked seeing death. The first death he encountered was when a sailor was swept overboard during a storm close to Antarctica , and it left him very uneasy) and this may have had encouraged him to offer more help to others in trouble. This motivation would eventually lead to his mysterious & supposed demise, when he attempted to rescue Italian explorer, Nobile, in 1928. In doing so, Amundsen and his team of French and Norwegian rescuers would simply vanish, never to be seen again.
Every Norwegian on the Amundsen team has skied all their lives and they were expert skiers. They also KNEW how to use dogs for hauling and had trained over a year how to work with the dogs, taking lessons from Eskimos in the Arctic. They were also taught by the Eskimos how to build igloos. They fed the dogs seal meat. They marked their path as they went, putting food depots close together. They packed extra food to allow for problems. They basically skied home down hill most of the way back with the dogs doing all the hauling. And the dogs were running. They also had no problem traveling in a blizzard. Scott and his men walked most of the way, dragging the sleds, added an fifth man at the last minute after bringing enough food for four. They had to haul the food for the ponies. The ponies would sink int the snow. Their path back was not clearly marked. Their depots were too far apart. They brought a few sled dogs on the trip, but they left them at the home base when they set out for the pole because they had no idea how to use the dogs. It was not the weather that destroyed him, it was the poor planning.
No, it was very clearly the weather
They did estimate the average temperature. But it all went downhill when the temperature was way different from their estimations.
Mix of both
God, gold and glory. That's what driven the British to want to become the first in everything, back in the day.
British attempts at Antarctica in the early years usually involved dogs but the dogs were usually carried by the men or slaughtered for meat because they weren't fed properly.
Nice. I saw the new "Amundsen" movie on cinema today. Surprisingly exciting and thrilling. It shows the Norwegian side of the race. Amundsen's childhood, earlier expeditions, conversations with the British, and the North Pole expedition ect.
In a speech after Amundsen (Norwegians) had returned safe home from the South Pole, he was in the UK for dinner and was supposed to receive an honorary speech, but in the speech, the british said at the end: "Let us honor the brave. Cheers for the dogs!" (The British noble man did not mention the Norwegian crew, just their dogs). Amundsen got little disappointed of the British because he felt they became bad losers.
@Mads V - Thank you for posting that. I'm inclined to agree with Amundsen, if he was disappointed over the British having become bad losers.
Shawn Gilliland definitely a smart idea to eat dogs
Probably because Scott was far more respected than Amundsen and overall contributed far more to the exploration and understanding of Antarctica. Also Amundsen apparently wasn't a great guy. He was more concerned with being first as opposed to actual exploration, he was meant to try and reach the north pole first, but upon finding out it had been done, secretly planned to get to the south first instead. Most explorers of the age were gentleman and were open about their intentions and they didn't want to undercut Scott who had done so much for exploration in Antartica. Amundsens decision and the fact he was so conceited about it was met with disapproval from the whole community as well as his own country.
Instead of congratulations for Amundsen the British have a campaign that excuses Scott's incompetent leadership. They ignore that Scott planned to use 4 men and then took 5. He used inadequate clothing, man hauling. His crew were dead men walking when they reached the Pole. How can they blame the weather when they were so slow getting to the Pole and should have planned for bad weather. This is Antarctica not SOHO.
@@ronaldsmith4153 Some of your points are correct, however some of Scott's decisions make more sense in context. For one the British did use dogs, just not as extensively as the Norwegians as on a prior expedition dogs had failed, albeit largely due to British inexperience, subsequently Scott didn't realise their true value. The British didn't particularly take much longer than the Norwegians, while they arrived a month later, you need to understand that it wasn't a straight race like you might find in an athletic competition, but more akin to the Space Race in that the teams set out at different times, with different routes and different methods. Amundsen actually first attempted it almost three months prior to the British, but had to turn back. The Norwegians won because they had the better expedition as opposed to British incompetence. They left earlier, they were naturally more skilled in skiing and using dogs as they had done it since childhood and because their gamble to use a previously unused route paid off as it was shorter and easier. Also with the exception of Evan's who had undiagnosed medical problems, the rest of Scott's team would easily have made it back hadn't it been for the weather. Scott had prepared for the weather as he had done extensive studies on it on prior expedition's, however even by Antarcticas standards the weather was freakishly bad that year and a complete anomaly. It was up to 20 degrees colder than average. Don't get me wrong, Scott did make mistakes and the better expedition won, however Scott has been unfairly dragged through the mud in the latter half of the 20th century and only now historians are countering this and giving a more balanced view on the man, especially as his studies have been integral to our scientific understanding of Antarctica.
I see most of Scott's mistakes as systemic, a result of Royal Navy groupthink. The manhauling, the ponies, the ill-suited clothing, all had been used in previous British expeditions and carried into this one.
But Scott's worst mistake isn't mentioned at all in the video. It was deciding, atop the Glacier, to add a fifth member to his Polar party, despite having only planned rations for four. Once again, it can be argued it's a systemic error, because It was done ostensibly for protocol, in order to have a representative of every branch of the British Army at the pole. And so he picked Oates, who had been in charge of the ponies (which weren't even around anymore) and had no previous Polar experience or skill to help his team. Scott still would not have beat Amundsen, but he might have had the supplies needed to make it back to camp alive. Sadly, that must have weighed heavy on Oates' mind when he walked off into that blizzard, never to be seen again.
I don't know why I'd not considered the significance of Scott's RN career to his decision making before, but now it occurs to me that another potentially fatal mistake could be explained by the same kind of groupthink.
Evans requested that Reginald Skelton, the engineer who developed and tested the motor sleds, shouldn't accompany them because Skelton outranked Evans, something the second-in-command couldn't get past. I doubt anyone other than an officer would've bowed to this request.
Had Skelton been there, the repeated faults which ultimately rendered the sleds useless might've been resolved, giving the teams an alternative to the barely-useful ponies when laying one ton depot. They only needed 11 miles; they would've had 30.
yes, it was a mistake to add a fifth member to the polar party, but it was not an issue of rations, as you state. The returning party of three (Evans, Crean and Lashly) only took the amount of three man rations on their way back, so five man rations were left for Scott, Wilson, Bowers, Oates and Evans on their return journey. What mattered was that the cooking for five men took half an hour longer each day than it would have taken for four men. That was the issue that caused them to loose half a mile daily - which amounted to about 30 miles for the Jan. 18 to March 19 time span.
It’s just stupidity really
Scott made mistake after mistake and was a poor leader. Amundsen's clothing was superior. His plan to use dog power saved his men from excruciating effort. He planned to use 4 men and then took 5. This cut everyone's ration which was inadequate already. Two men died before bad weather set in so don't blame the weather. GOOD LEADERS PLAN ON BAD WEATHER IN Antarctica? They were dead when they reached the POLE. Cold frostbitten and short on supplies because of Scott's incompetence.
@@bluesserenader They were dead when they hit the South Pole. They were exhausted and cold and 3 men complained that they felt cold. Their clothing was inadequate. Their plan was for 4 men and taking 5 meant one man was pushed out of the tent. Their feet were frozen and they could not get their boots back on easily. Two men died before they got to within range of their depot. Their fuel cans leaked and were only partly full. Scott complained about this. The Norwegians used skiers who were world class athletes and dog sleds. to lead their team while Scott thought the indominable spirit and his Royal navy training would carry them.
I mean, it wasn't just the tropping temperatures that killed Scott's team:
1. Scurvy. There was no vitamin C in their diet. The only they got was the tiny amount from eating fresh meat.
2. The ponies and electrical sleds would never have worked out, even under the best of circumstances, for several reasons. Many of the ponies died horrible deaths, because they left the horses' snow shoes at base, for example.
3. They WALKED. The Amundsen team skied and saved so much energy and time. The britts refused, even though they had a Norwegian at their base strongly advising them to learn how. Scott also went against much of Nansen's advise.
4. Clothes. Their clothes started falling apart from overuse, which really didn't help when the temperatures dropped.. Amundsen brought extra seal skin coats he never got to use. Just in case.
5. The people waiting at the base could have sent a search team for them. But their "English pride" or whatever you want to call it, prevented them from doing so.
6. Heavy equipment. For some reason they couldn't navigate without really heavy equipment. Also other science equipment they should have ditched along the way, to save the team's lives.
7. Last minute change of plans: They decided to include one new team member last minute. Really didn't help with those food reserves.
8. Food. They didn't have enough of it. They didn't have enough calories. If there was one thing that killed Scott's team, it was slow starvation. He didn't make the right calculations of how much energy it takes to haul several pounds of food and equipment through snow and cold temperatures.
This was a horrible tragedy. But it wasn't just due to temperature changes. There was also a lot of human error, other cases of bad luck... and hubris. At the end of the day, Scott was responsible for his team's well-being, and he led them all to an early grave.
Thanks for sharing more details about this expedition. Many things I didn't know.
Now, regarding who was responsible for that fiasco, although I agree with you that they should have been more prepared, you have to remember the time. They knew barely nothing about Antarctica and had rudimentary equipment...
Of course, foolish pride and unpreparedness must have played a role but that expedition would be tough even today... In any case, thanks again for all the details you provided.
True, the Norwegians were prepared for the worst case scenario and they used a method of travel still used today in the snow. Scott’s team was doomed from the moment he said “we’re walking”
It's nonetheless quite intriguing how far they did make it despite all the trouble. Just around a dozen miles to the next supply depot.
everything that you point out to is due to low temperatures.
they didn't expect the weather to get so cold.
so the cold killed them b.c they weren't prepared to journey themselves in that kind of temperature.
Amundsen: _Laughs in Norwegian_
Rest in peace, Scott and the rest of the team, you will be remembered.
Thank you for all the effort you guys put in!
Other information:
- Antarctica and South Pole were Amundsen's secret plan. Their ship was supposed to sail to the Arctic at first.
- around Amundsen's base, the British (Eastern Party which led by Campbell) and Norwegians exchanged pleasantries and visited each other before the South Pole expedition.
- Evan, the first guy died, his body never found by the search party
- 4:28 it's Scott's sculpture that was made by his wife
“We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.”
-Robert Falcon Scott
Murphy's Law hit them real bad
dont let me go murph
Who?
Nice meme MURPH!!!!!!!!!!!
@@MinecraftGuid STAY!
@@MinecraftGuid Murphy's law is if everything can go wrong it will go wrong
i really like this idea for a new video series, really 👍👍👍
It's great isn't it?
also... scott refused help from Amundsen on how to modify their sleds to be lighter. also Amundsen was very worried about the snow mobiles that Scott took, thinking that they would easily outpace his dogs. its also speculated that the storm that stopped Scott in his tracks never happened and they had actually become just too weak to go on because no snow storms have been observed in Antartica that last 5 weeks...
I’m Chinese When I’m in junior high school I learned a article titled “The Fight for the South Pole”by Stefan Zweig,which told me the story about the exploration. Respect to these Explorers！！！
I was going to make a joke talking about how Norwegians is the best but now am just sad
Opens video
Person: All the people in this photo died
Closes video
lmao
why tho
Loool i can just imagine thinking like NOPE IM OUTTA HERE
@@casimirronnlof7396 yeah and the host's voice was like so gloomy
Box of chocolates 😄
Loving dark room! Great analysis and storytelling 👍🏾👍🏾💕💕
The south pole station is named after them. The "Amundsen-Scott Station"
It should be called the "Amundsen Station". I don't know many other places named after the person who came in 2nd place. Imagine Washington DC being named Washington-Adams DC (after John Adams, the second US president).
@@todortodorov940 Probably because Scott contributed a lot more to the actial exploration and understanding of antarctixa while Amundsen was more about getting there first.
@@todortodorov940 In tribute to his death maybe?
Oh this looks like an interesting vide-
*EVERYONE IN THIS PHOTO DIED SHORTLY AFTER IT WAS TAKEN*
... I was correct
😂😂
Are you sure it said they died
Lawrence Oates' last words before he left the tent were, "I am just going outside and may be some time".
The quality of your content continues to rise; thanks, Vox!
the graphic, color tone, are so perfect, good job editors
Since i’m from Norway i’ve heard this story 1000 times before
So you clicked on it to make it a even 1001 times ?
Good for you
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So he’s your Neil Armstrong
thanks for the meaningless input
The penguins got there first
Ancient Accounts - Animated History “just smile and wave boys....smile and wave” 🐧
No the ice
I know you're joking, but penguins wouldn't go that far inland
Nice job boys, it's gonna be ice cold sushi for breakfast!
I might be wrong but there are no penguins at the north pole
So apparently Scott's plan wasn't really that well thought through.
The ponies and motorised sleds they used were ineffective, so his team had to mostly pull the supplies by themselves. Which really ended up slowing them down.
Scott's team would've made it back, if it hadn't been for the unpredictable weather conditions, but very slow and very late.
They also had inappropriate clothing and shoes. The Norwegians lived in the Arctic they knew what to wear and how.
Aisha TOMMY the Norwegians looked to Inuit tribes and what they wore, witch was mostly seal furs from what I remember from school, if Amundsen went for what Norwegians wore he would have died in a woolen onesie
@@fablion6324That is correct!
@@fablion6324 I know that they didnt exclusivly use Norwegian equipment. They had gone on trips to the Arctic before with Indigenous guides who heavily influenced Low temp protective clothing. This really helped Amundsen and his mission
Aisha TOMMY that and eating puppers
Scientific prove shows GOOD BOI > MY LITTLE PONIES
*proof
Only the goodest boi can reach the pole!
British team near the pole: Hippity Hoppity this is our victor-
Norwegian guy 5 weeks earlier: Time to steal the victory off the Brits.
Amundsen: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you.
@@manofsauce4298 5
they didnt steal the win they where just more prepered and used too it
Imagine what he felt 108 years ago in that moment when they found out they lost and being so close to making it back
108 year that’s a lot of days
Just love that video. So touching and serious.
Greetings from India 🇮🇳
Can anyone identify the photos of upcoming episodes in 5:20? I can only identify 3 out of 5 photos that about Cuban Nuclear Crisis, Cat Righting Reflex and Hindenburg Incident.
Another one is a drowned man by Hippolyte Bayard
. Can't figure out the one with a man on the ground.
@@maxxu7783 I think it's a photograph from a murder scene but I don't know which case.
Okay i think i found it! It is the murder of Monsieur Canon from the studio of Alphonse Bertillon who was one of the first people to start a record for criminal identification.
@@MrXXAntonXx I think that's correct 👏👏
I think the man was murdered is josef ferdinand lmao ;v
They were so close
What's that yellow thing right by your username??
I want itttt
I think it's when they're a patron or something.
@@wanderingtraveler3038 you get that if you become a member of this channel
No.. they were more than a month behind the norwegian vikings
This could be a really emotional movie
The Løser there is one: Amundsen(201X)
The major factor you neglected to mention was that Scott had planned supplies for 4, and included bowers at the last minute which meant the now 5 men had to ration food and were effectively starving from the offset of their journey, expending more calories than they had to consume.
Whereas the Norwegians gained weight during their trek, having plenty of food to eat. Not only their sled dogs, which they would «harvest» and consume en route (which also protected them from scurvy, as dogs produce vitamin C naturally in their bodies), but also due to the fact that they had prudently laid out one depot per 1 degree latitude on the Ross ice shelf (a total of 5 depots), which ensured the Norwegians plenty of sustenance on their way back to their base camp.
@@diomedes8791 Interesting fakt is that Amundsen left a huge amount of supplies in the depos on their way back too.
Wasn't it Oates that joined at the last minute?
The version of the Union Flag used in the graphics here hadn't been in use for more than 100 years at the time of the Scott expedition. The modern version of the flag was adopted in 1801. You can see it in photographs of this very expedition.
Actually, you can see it at 3:44
Yeah, this annoyed me a lot as well.
Vox disclosed the correction in the description.
@@abdullahbz. I didn't spot that, but I did post my comment very shortly after the video was posted.
It’s not the first time they do this. They also use outdated maps in their videos.
What do you expect people who not in the Union?
Hey
Just a request
Can u plz keep the temperature stuff in Celsius as well it's really difficult to understand
Anchit -40 is -40
the graph had Celsius on the right side
@@mld962 thanks
" Scotts English team" Im sure you'll find that the majority of the crew and some of his teammates were Scottish.
Don't forget my boi Tom crean
And an Irish man Tom Crean who was the one who found the bodies and is unique in that he was one of the first people to go on two separate expeditions to Antarctica, first with Scott and then Shackleton.
Yh, it's wrong when ppl assume British=English it takes credit away from people who truly deserve it
Scotish achievement => British achievement. English achievement =>English achievement.
The majority of the expedition team were English, not Scottish
I'm Norwegian and minus 35 celsius is the coldest I've ever experienced. Pulling a sled by foot at - 40 with the equipment they had back then is extremely brutal!
A point to survival, Scott took 5-men and only 4 were planned for the final try, leaving the strongest man of all to return with an officer suffering scurvy, Tom Crean, who in their last miles to the base the officer failed, Crean did 36-miles solo on a biscuit & some chocolate to get help, dog teams made hours before a blizzard moved in.
Crean was the unsung hero, Scott denied his wont of being among the 1st to the pole saying you got a bit of a cold, Crean was devastated yet too loyal to object, it saved his life to be with Shackleton, again as an unsung hero compared to Worsley & The Boss.
Ymmv 🍺
P.S. Didn't see I'd commented on this 3yrs ago ... 🍺
Amazing episode , can't wait for more , keep it up !
I would also recommend the documentary made about this expedition (they had a documentary crew for a portion of the time on their way to the South pole). This is also quite groundbreaking film achievement considering this was made so many years ago. It's called "The Great White Silence" and is one of the best films of the 1920's. They told the last journey through a combined use of animation and journal snippets which makes for a harrowing tale.
Thank you so much for this video. I was looking for a brief overview of the discovery of the South Pole for my classes of students in grades 4 to 9. I didn't want anything too long or too depressing, just accurate and interesting. This was GREAT!
The presentation is just top notch. Super work Vox team.
i read the story in 1997 in a rapid reader text book of my elder brother back in school. each of the word still pops up in my head. a great and emotional story and a journey they made together. RIP Scott
Oh yes, such a entertaining video, well narrated, with kind of a dark and unsettling vibe, addictive storytelling, great editing (as always!), Vox you're a blessing.
Ps. I only wish your videos could be longer, but I guess quality over quantity ( :
Anyone else interested in this topic should read a related book, The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Conrad Hergott that’s seriously one of the craziest true stories of all time
This book is absolutely incredible.
In some ways, the story of Shackleton, and Tom Crean, is much more intriguing than that of Scott and Amundsen.
Yes! Then he became Scott's role model
Yes excellent book, also read about the life of Tom Crean from Co Kerry "The unsung hero" he should have been on team for the last push to the pole, had more experience than most but wasn't a senior rank, I think he was a Petty Officer.
The way how you told the story made me felt like I was there😫😱. I love Vox!
The way the Norwegian team managed their depots was also quite amazing. They took every precaution in making sure they weren’t going to get stranded. The Norwegians placed their depots in 3 lines with the center being the main trail. The outer depots were placed by calculating the biggest navigational possible & then doubling it.
Such a remarkable premise for a TH-cam channel - thank you.
I love this new series guys! Thanks so much for putting time into them
This is so sad and left me heartbroken
In Norway we learn about this in elemenatry school.
I am related to roald Amundsen although I live in the US
Bro i used your video in my english exam, and i got an A+.
Thanks bro!
Scott never planned for a race, his first and foremost goal was scientific exploration. Amundsen hid his plans to go for the pole (seeing the North pole priority, his original goal, had been taken from him) from everyone, even his crew, until they were at sail. Scott never had a sporting chance at pole priority.
Highly recommend Ran Fienne's book on the matter ("Captain Scott")
This is such an overlooked and important fact. Scott spent years planning and resourcing this expedition; it was always designed to facilitate man-hauling. Dogs are faster but in the crevassed Antarctic continent, a speeding dog sled can disappear in an instant. They’re also animals and in high stress situations, can’t compromise instinct. Teams of men were slower but more metronomic and adaptable.
Scott pioneered so much new technology and had used dogs preciously though, so I think he’d had changed his approach if he had been given more than a day’s notice about the race.
💡 *The question is:* would you rather take an expedition to the *South Pole* or *Mars?* 🤔
Choose wisely....the least dangerous is filled with unknown terrain, brutal temperatures that can kill you within minutes and a lack of food that could make any malfunction of equipment lethal....the other is Mars.
Aspect Science daym! I’d still have to choose Mars...because...MARS!
But one is still least dangerous .
FishBoy_Fry so would you go with the least dangerous? South Pole?
South Pole I ain’t trying to die in space by myself
The south pole can't kill you within seconds
-Vox has put a correction in the video description about these mistakes.
The team to carry out the expedition weren’t just English. It was three Englishmen, Welshmen and a Scot.
Also, why are you using that Union Jack at the start? The one that is currently used now has been in place since 1800s.
Also Vox, this was British expedition... so why do you keep calling them/it English?
Thomas C forgot d Irish man
Jdmc Vlogs I am talking about the 5 men who went to the South Pole
Yeah they could've just said British and that would've covered all of the nations
As they say, when a Scott/Welshman/Irishman does something great, they're British/English but when they fail at something, their nationality is specified. :D
Fortzon What a load of bullshit.
Well that went south .⬇️
Too soon! Lol
Savage!
Ba dum tss
Outstanding episode. Thank you very much.
This intro is literally perfect, catches my attention immediately and makes me curious about the subject.
Gj
My school joined the drive to provide dogs for Scott's journey. I always remember a photograph on a corridor wall of a dog named Oldham who was donated to the expedition. It was only years later that I realised Scott's party would have shot and eaten the animal.
Amazing job, Vox! You should make a follow up episode on this topic covering the expedition lead by Sir E. Shackleton that is imho even more interesting.
Endurance is the greatest story of resilience you’ll ever read.
1909: In the future we will have flying cars
1912: *confused british antarctic screeching*
1914: 🎵It's time for World War One!🎵
The content and quality of your videos is amazing. Thank you🙏
I'm starting to really like these short documentaries. I can't wait for the other episodes
Sad and amazing story. Really enjoyed this.
"Victory awaits him, who has everything in order - luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions - bad luck we call it" - Roald Amundsen
This video was really well made, very good job VOX!!
some give this channel an award for graphics & editing
This is one of the best series VOX has put out. #PleaseMona let Coleman keep at it!!
*If Vox teaches me how to edit like them, I will surely join Video lab.*
Scotts team was not english. It was British. The majority of the team were from Scotland.
D.McIn007 yes his boat is still in dundee
And Welsh.
D.McIn007 also Irish
You do realise that much of the world uses "English" interchageably with "British" because they're the most stood-out+authoritative of the British.
You're absolutey right that the team shouldn't be called English. Although, of the five man trekking (obviously the support crew is a different matter) party; 3 were English (Scott, Wilson and Oates), 1 was Scottish (Bowers) and 1 was Welsh (Evans).
This is an amazing documentary. It’s nice and short, has great editing and a story. Well done Vox!!
He missed lots of inportant detaiks actually. Thx we can find them here in the comments
Respect from india; these people are the true definition of human nature.
We were pioneers, explorer, inventors but now we we're losing the sight.
Vox's worker deserve a raise
I remember reading a book about this when I was a kid! It’s called ‘The race to the South Pole’ it’s a great book and is worth a read!
Is it the one by Bjørn Ousland? Because I also read that one as a kid, and loved it! I still have a copy of it
I readed the book, the norweigens said “the english dont know about snow, but we know” nowrwegeons were poor and the scotts team was rich like that is some serious shade from norwigens lol
Sorry bad english im german
Lol
@Mata5 lol
I’m English Hello from America
@@ezekielsmemes6659 OK 👌
I think everyone as a child in Norway learned about this race in elementary school!
There is something so human about these trips to the South and North poles. A tragic hopefulness met with sheer harsh reality. They seem to represent life itself.
Excellent video. Short, to the point, factual, like a good photo.
Norway is like a dream crushing machine!
Hey man, man, man, man, man, that's a bit harsh don't you think?
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Don’t you think that reaching the south pole was just as much Amundsen’s dream as it was Scott’s? It’s not the sort of thing you can do without motivation, passion and drive.
I don’t think the tragedy of Scott’s mission should take away from Amundsen’s achievement
A great video, but please be sure to consistently refer to Scott’s team as British! Speaking as a descendant of Edgar Evans - a Welshman - we should recognise that the efforts of the Terra Nova expedition were not exclusively English.
Henry 'Birdie' Bowers being Scottish born, would also emphasize that fact.
"People who are not meticulous planners say Scott was a meticulous planner" - More correct :P
Awesome man, good job with the nice short doc.
Few here seems to understand what both expeditions had to face. As a Norwegian, Amundsen was more informed about the importance on dog-sleds. (they still are) And was lucky to get not caught in late blizzards. Scott was on the wrong foot from the beginning and the late extreme cold blizzards killed his last crew. Both crews are people to remember. I Don't see ANYONE to be brave enough to even TRY the reaching of the south pole in THAT year ! Kudos to both.These were REAL explorers.