29th of March
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events
1912 - Captain Scott dies in his tent on the Ross Ice Shelf with Bowers and Wilson just 11 miles from a large food and fuel depot after being pinned down by a blizzard for ten days, he is presumed to be the last man alive. The picture shows a cairn built over the tent when it was discovered in November 1912. Tryggve Gran skied back to the hut in Scott's skis leaving his own as a marker. Wilson and Bowers were found in the attitude of sleep with sleeping bags over their heads, Scott had thrown back his sleeping bag flaps and opened his coat, his arm flung across Wilson, it is assumed he was the last to die.
1902 - Erich von Drygalski leader of the German National Antarctic Expedition on the ship Gauss, ascends to 1600 feet in a tethered hydrogen balloon and uses the information learned to plan the rest of the expedition. "It was so warm up there I could even take off my gloves.."
