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World Service,03 Mar 2010,10 mins

Scott of the Antarctic

Witness History

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Scott of the Antarctic was a British explorer who was beaten to the South Pole by a Norwegian team, and died on his return journey. But despite failing, he has gone down in British history as a hero, largely because of what was written in the diaries he left behind.

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