A First Rate Tragedy (45 page)

Films

90° South
(Ponting’s Documentary of
Terra Nova
Expedition) Great Britain, 1933, Academy Video (British Film Institute)

Scott of the Antarctic
(Feature film, Ealing Studios) Great Britain, 1948

Index

Academie Colarossi,
ref1

Active
,
ref1

Adams,
ref1

Adare, Viscount,
ref1

Adélie penguins,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

Admirality,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8
,
ref9
,
ref10
,
ref11
,
ref12

Admirality range,
ref1

aircraft,
ref1
,
ref2

airships,
ref1

Alaska,
ref1
,
ref2

albatrosses,
ref1
,
ref2

Alexandra, Queen,
ref1
,
ref2

altitude sickness,
ref1
,
ref2

American Geographical Society,
ref1

Americans,
ref1
,
ref2

Amethyst
,
ref1

Amphion
,
ref1
,
ref2

Amundsen, Roald

winters in Antarctica with Belgian expedition,
ref1

secretly intends to head for South Pole,
ref1

sends telegram to Scott,
ref1

meets Campbell at Bay of Whales,
ref1

Scott’s attitude to,
ref1

reliance on dogs,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6

argues with Johansen,
ref1
,
ref2

journey to Pole,
ref1
,
ref2

reaches Pole,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5

Scott’s team discovers victory of,
ref1
,
ref2

return from Pole,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

British reaction to victory of,
ref1
,
ref2

Kathleen Scott’s reaction to victory of,
ref1

factors advantageous to,
ref1

Scott affected by expedition of,
ref1

reaction to Scott’s death,
ref1

subsequent career,
ref1

death,
ref1

mentioned,
ref1
,
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,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
ref11
,
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,
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,
ref14
,
ref15
,
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,
ref17
,
ref18
,
ref19
,
ref20
,
ref21
,
ref22
,
ref23
,
ref24

Antarctic exploration, history of,
ref1

Aorangi
,
ref1

Arctic,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8
,
ref9
,
ref10
,
ref11

Aristotle,
ref1

Armitage, Albert,
ref1
,
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,
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,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8
,
ref9
,
ref10
,
ref11
,
ref12
,
ref13

Army,
ref1
,
ref2

Ashdown,
ref1

Asquith, Prime Minister,
ref1

Atkinson, Dr

chosen for expedition,
ref1

friendly with Oates,
ref1
,
ref2

on journey to Antarctica,
ref1
,
ref2

in depot-laying party,
ref1
,
ref2

in party heading south,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

in first returning party,
ref1
,
ref2

and Scott’s instructions about dogs,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

at Hut Point,
ref1

unable to take dog teams with supplies,
ref1

anxious about Polar party,
ref1

takes command,
ref1

decides to seek Polar party,
ref1

discovers bodies,
ref1

subsequent career and death,
ref1

mentioned,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8
,
ref9
,
ref10
,
ref11

Augustine, St,
ref1

Australia,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
see also
Melbourne

Baden-Powell, Robert,
ref1

Balfour, Arthur James,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Balleny, John,
ref1

balloon,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Balmoral,
ref1

Barker, Captain Wilson,
ref1

Barne, Michael,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
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,
ref8
,
ref9

Barrie, J.M.,
ref1
,
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,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7

Barrier
see
Great Ice Barrier,

Barrier Inlet,
ref1

Bass brewers,
ref1

Bay of Whales,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,

Beardmore, William,
ref1

Beardmore Glacier

ascent of Scott’s party,
ref1
,
ref2

ascent by Shackleton,
ref1

descent by last supporting party,
ref1

descent by Polar party,
ref1

mentioned,
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,
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,
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,
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,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8
,
ref9
,
ref10
,
ref11
,
ref12
,
ref13
,
ref14

Beardsley, Mabel,
ref1
,
ref2

Beaumont, Admiral Sir Lewis,
ref1

Beerbohm, Max,
ref1
,
ref2

Belgica
,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Bellingshausen, Captain Baron Thaddeus von,
ref1

Bellingshausen Sea,
ref1

Berlin,
ref1
,
ref2
,

Bernacchi, Louis,
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,
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,
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,
ref4
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
ref11
,
ref12
,
ref13

Bird’s,
ref1

Birmingham Post, The
,
ref1

Biscoe, John,
ref1

Bluff Depot,
ref1

Boadicea
,
ref1

Boer War,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6

Bonner, Charles,
ref1

Borchgrevinck, Carsten,
ref1
,
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,
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,
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,
ref5
,
ref6
,
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,
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,
ref9

Botha, Louis,
ref1

Bovril,
ref1

Bowers, Henry (‘Birdie’)

early life and career,
ref1

offered place on Antarctic expedition
ref1

on journey to Antarctica,
ref1
,
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,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8

in depot-laying party,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

expedition to Cape Crozier,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

and plans for assault to Pole,
ref1

in party heading south,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8
,
ref9

Scott’s opinion of,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

chosen for Polar party,
ref1
,
ref2

continues to Pole,
ref1
,
ref2
,
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at Pole,
ref1
,
ref2

return journey,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
ref12

view on suicide,
ref1

body discovered,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

loyalty to Scott,
ref1

mentioned,
ref1
,
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,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8

Bransfield, Edward,
ref1

Brett, H.R.,
ref1
,
ref2

Britannia
,
ref1

British and Colonial Aeroplane Company,
ref1

British Antarctic Survey,
ref1
,
ref2

Broke
,
ref1

Bruce, Sir James,
ref1

Bruce, Kathleen
see
Scott, Kathleen (née Bruce)

Bruce, Reverend Lloyd Stewart,
ref1

Bruce, ‘Podge’,
ref1
,
ref2

Bruce, Rosslyn,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

Bruce, Wilfred,
ref1
,
ref2
,
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,
ref4
,
ref5

Bruton Gallaries,
ref1

Buckingham Palace Road,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Bulwark
,
ref1

Burlington House,
ref1

Cadbury’s,
ref1

Cambrian
,
ref1

Cambridge University

Gonville and Caius College,
ref1

Scott Polar Research Institute,
ref1

Cape Evans,
ref1
,
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,
ref3
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
ref15
,
ref16
,
ref17
,
ref18
,
ref19
,
ref20
,
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,
ref22
,
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,
ref24
,
ref25
,
ref26

Cheltenham,
ref1

Cheltenham, College,
ref1

Campbell, Victor,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8

Cannan, Gilbert,
ref1

Canning, Hannah
see
Scott, Hannah, (née Canning)

Cape Adare,
ref1
,
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,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
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,
ref9
,
ref10
,
ref11

Cape Crozier,
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,
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,
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,
ref4
,
ref5
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
ref11
,
ref12
,
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,
ref14
,
ref15

Cape Horn,
ref1

Cape Town,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Cardiff,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Carola, Marie,
ref1

Central News Agency,
ref1

Channel Squadron,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Charcot, Jean-Baptiste,
ref1

Charez, Georges,
ref1

Chase, Pauline,
ref1

Cherry-Garrard, Apsley

chosen for expedition,
ref1

on journey to Antarctica,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

in depot-laying party,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

expedition to Cape Crozier,
ref1

in party heading south,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5

in first returning party,
ref1
,
ref2

takes supplies to One Ton Depot,
ref1
,
ref2

view on suicide,
ref1

anxious about Polar party,
ref1

and decision to seek Polar party,
ref1