Category: reflection

It’s impossible to overstate the effect that Huntford’s book Scott and Amundsen had on the cultural memory of Scott and polar historiography generally.

Originally posted on Patreon, 29 March 2022 And so the Earth completes another circuit of the sun, and once again we’re back at the High Holy Day of the Terra Nova calendar. March 29th, 1912 is the last entry in Scott’s diary, and since he was pretty much the only one still writing at that…

A year ago today (23 Nov 2022), I launched Worst Journey Vol.1 at the Scott Polar Research Institute. This is the text of the speech I gave to the lovely people who turned up to celebrate. As many of you know, my interest in the Terra Nova Expedition was sparked by Radio 4’s dramatisation of…