We are gearing up to the centenary of one of the major events in British history...
On June 15th, 1910 the ship "Terra Nova" left Cardiff headed for Antarctica and the British Antarctic Expedition 1910...
Through 1911, there were a number of trips to lay caches of food and fuel for the proposed push for the South Pole.
I'm sure later this year, someone will start "tweeting" the diary of Scott and his men as they made their push for the South Pole, through into 2012 and the centenary of Scott's death...
On Sunday, there was a programme with Ben Fogle on the huts that were the home of the expeditionary force while they waited out the winters. This Daily Mail article describes the background quite nicely, and the programme is still available for a few days on iPlayer...
Visit the Antarctic Heritage Trust for more on the huts, and the campaign to preserve them.
This would be a very useful context for exploring a range of geographical themes.
The Extreme Environments topic is an obvious match - there are plenty of additional supporting materials, such as those from the RGS-IBG.
A useful BOOKLET (PDF) can be downloaded from the site by clicking the link...
It could also reasonably be brought into something like Food and Health, given the apparent connection with the quality of food and the health of the explorers.
A final way that you can support the trust and also get some really cool stuff is to follow the QUBA link to the official SCOTT merchandise...
Very cool.. (and reassuringly expensive)
On June 15th, 1910 the ship "Terra Nova" left Cardiff headed for Antarctica and the British Antarctic Expedition 1910...
Through 1911, there were a number of trips to lay caches of food and fuel for the proposed push for the South Pole.
I'm sure later this year, someone will start "tweeting" the diary of Scott and his men as they made their push for the South Pole, through into 2012 and the centenary of Scott's death...
On Sunday, there was a programme with Ben Fogle on the huts that were the home of the expeditionary force while they waited out the winters. This Daily Mail article describes the background quite nicely, and the programme is still available for a few days on iPlayer...
This would be a very useful context for exploring a range of geographical themes.
The Extreme Environments topic is an obvious match - there are plenty of additional supporting materials, such as those from the RGS-IBG.
A useful BOOKLET (PDF) can be downloaded from the site by clicking the link...
It could also reasonably be brought into something like Food and Health, given the apparent connection with the quality of food and the health of the explorers.
A final way that you can support the trust and also get some really cool stuff is to follow the QUBA link to the official SCOTT merchandise...
Very cool.. (and reassuringly expensive)
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