5th of October
Historical Antarctic Pictures and Events
Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic Expedition (South Pole Expedition) on the ship Terra Nova, 1910 - 1913.
1911 - Birdie Bowers and Victor the pony. "He started to exercise (Victor) by riding him. "I'll soon get used to him," he said one day when Victor had just deposited him in the tide-crack, "to say nothing of his getting used to me," he added in a more subdued voice."
Ernest Shackleton, British Antarctic Expedition on the ship Nimrod, 1907- 1909.
1908 - Edgeworth David, Douglas Mawson and Alistair Mackay set off on a manhauling trip to attempt to reach the Southern Magnetic Pole. It will involve a return journey of 1,260 miles (2,027 km) over 4 months on foot.
