This year sees the launch of a number of events to commemorate Scott’s tragic 1910-1913 Terra Nova expedition for the race for the South Pole, which culminated in the death of Scott and his 4 companions on their return from the Pole.
Following successful exhibitions at Brantwood House and the Queen’s Galleries earlier this year, the Scott Polar Research Institute Museum has just re-opened boasting a freshly rejuvenated space which tells the story of the polar regions through innovatively designed and lit displays, use of film and still photography and multilayered audio-guides. Here you can see the last letters of Captain R.F. Scott and his companions, the four expedition diaries of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic photographs of Herbert Ponting and extensive records, artwork and artefacts from the British search for the Northwest Passage.
The HMS Scott is currently docked in Cardiff B
ay and will re-enact the sailing of the Terra Nova later today, 100 years after the original event. Exhibitions and events at The National Assembly for Wales, the National Museum of Cardiff and the Dundee Heritage Trust will continue to run throughout June. This series of nationwide events will lead up to a National Service of Commemoration at St. Paul’s Cathedral in March 2012 and an exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London. A complete list of international centenary events are posted and regularly updated at www.scott100.org
