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Site of Robert Falcon Scott's tent, by unknown photographer, 1912. Alexander Turnbull Library. PA1-f-066-86-3
Site of Robert Falcon Scott's tent, by unknown photographer, 1912. Alexander Turnbull Library. PA1-f-066-86-3

Description

Frank Debenham’s party erected this memorial cairn on the site of Robert Falcon Scott’s tent. Scott and two others died in the tent on their way back from reaching the South Pole during the British Antarctic Expedition.

Discussion

Why did Scott and his team members die on this expedition?

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