First published in 1913, shortly after the announcement of his death, Scott’s diaries have long been available; but to mark the centenary of his last expedition, a project at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge is reimagining them for the internet age.
Some have pointed to Bruce’s publicity-shy nature; some to the fact that the expedition coincided with the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4, which overshadowed it.
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Roger Cox: Scotland’s own mission to Antarctica has never had the attention it … – Scotsman