Who is the most miserable Antarctic explorer?

Today, this scientific experimental station located at 90 degrees south latitude of the Antarctic is named Amundsen-Scott Station to commemorate the two explorers who first reached the Antarctic-Norwegian Amundsen and Englishman Scott. At that time, they each led an expedition and had a fierce competition to become the first person in the world to reach the South Pole. Results Amundsen got there first,191114 reached the South Pole, and Scott 19 12 18 arrived. Finally, Amundsen's team evacuated safely, while the five members of Scott's team who finally attacked the South Pole stayed there forever. ...

Scott is a colonel in the Royal Navy. He did well in the navy. After retiring, he organized an expedition with shackleton. There is no sign that he is a hero, and his face is as cold, determined and expressionless as all British people in Qian Qian. Blue-gray eyes, closed mouth, face without any romantic lines and a hint of relaxed and happy color. He has been to India, conquered many islands, been to Africa and participated in countless world wars. However, his iron will is still felt by people. He was going to explore the Antarctic, and he gave all his property for lack of funds. The young wife gave birth to a son for him, but he still couldn't get rid of the idea of going to the South Pole.

1 910 June1day, Scott and more than 30 expedition members he recruited left England. Began a long journey to conquer the South Pole.

1. Bad news: Amundsen has overtaken them.

Scott and his expedition team arrived at Cape Evans19111in New Zealand at the end of June, which is the edge of the polar region and is covered with snow all the year round. They built a wooden house here. 65438+February and 65438+ 10 are considered as summer here. At this time of the year, the sun appears in the sky for several hours every day.

Whenever the sun comes out, they will hurry to work: test motorized sledges, practice skiing and train dogs, and build warehouses for future adventures. An expedition brought back bad news from the west. On the way, they found Amundsen's winter camp. Scott immediately understood: now, besides the cold and danger, there is another person who challenges him to take away his honor as the first person to discover the last secret of the earth. This man is Norwegian Amundsen. Scott repeatedly measured on the map. When he found that Amundsen's camp was closer to the South Pole than his own 1 10 km, he was completely shocked, but he was not discouraged. "For the honor of the British Empire, I must cheer up!" He wrote in his diary.

The phone finally rang, and news came from the observation heights: the sun came out, and the sun showed its face on this cold night for the first time in months 1 hour. The sunlight is so weak and dim that it can hardly revive the cold air. However, just seeing the sun is enough to make people laugh. In order to make full use of this bright time, the expedition made preparations nervously. Motorized sledges lead the way, followed by Siberian ponies and Eskimo dogs. Scott divided the whole journey they were going to take into several sections in advance. Set up a storage point every two days to store new clothes, food and the most important kerosene for those who return later.

Although Scott's plan was well made, it didn't succeed. After two days' journey, all the motorized sledges broke down and became a useless burden; The situation of Siberian ponies is not as good as expected.

19 1 1 year 1 1 month/day they set off in several groups. This strange expedition started with 30 people, then 20 people, 10 people, and finally there were only 5 people left. Scott walked at the head of the line. He always wraps himself in fur and cloth, showing only a beard and a pair of eyes, and looks like a savage. Holding the halter of Siberian pony in one hand. Behind him is a man in the same dress and posture.

They got into tents at night and built a snow wall in the windward direction to protect Siberian ponies. Early the next morning, they set off again, walking in the cold air that humans breathed for the first time in thousands of years with a monotonous and desolate feeling.

The weather is always bad, sometimes they can only walk 30 kilometers a day. Time is more and more precious, because they know that another person is also moving towards the same goal. Here, every little thing can lead to danger. An Eskimo dog escaped and a Siberian pony refused to eat. All these make people nervous, because in this desolate snowfield, all useful things are extremely precious, and the living things are even more priceless.

At the same time, the health of the whole team has also gone wrong. Some people have snow blindness, and some people have frostbite on their limbs. Feed is getting less and less, and Siberian ponies are getting more and more tired. Finally, the pony died as soon as it reached the foot of Beardsmore Glacier. They have touched them tenderly countless times, but now they want to kill these loyal animals. They called this sad place "slaughterhouse camp". In this part of blood shed, some explorers left the team and retreated, while others had to make a final effort.

They walk less and less every day, and the snow becomes hard ice. They can't ride the sleigh any more, they have to tow it. Hard ice cut the sled board, and my feet were worn out when I walked on the snow as hard as sand. On February 30th, 65438, they reached 87 degrees south latitude, which was the farthest point that shackleton reached. The last batch of support personnel must also return, and only five selected people can go all the way to the extreme. Scott picked out the wrong person. These people dare not defy, but their hearts are heavy. The goal is close at hand, but they have to go back and give the honor to other partners. They shook hands with each other again, hiding their emotional excitement with the strength of men. The five people selected are Scott, Bowles, Oates, Wilson and Evans, and they will go on alone.

Scott's diary these days shows that they are getting more and more uneasy. However, there is also a spark of hope between the lines of the log. Scott recorded the distance traveled more and more vigorously: "We only need to go to the limit of 150 km, but if we go on like this, we really can't hold on." Two days later, the log reads: "There is still 137 km from the limit, but this journey will be very difficult for us." Then a confident voice suddenly appeared: "Just walk 94 kilometers to the limit! Even if we can't get there, we are very, very close. "

Finally arrived at the South Pole, but still a step late.

65438+1October 14, hope has become a foregone conclusion: "Just walk 70 kilometers, and the destination will arrive!" From the diary of the next day, we can already see their joy and almost relaxed and happy mood: "There are only 50 kilometers left from the pole. We will reach our destination anyway! "

65438+ 10/6, they set off early in the morning, earlier than usual, in order to see the incomparable secret earlier. At noon, the five of them had already left 14 km. They walked enthusiastically on the deserted white snow. But suddenly, Bowles became uneasy and stared at a small black spot on the snow. He dare not say his guess: someone may have set up a road sign here.

Not long after, they found a ski pole tied with a black flag in the snow, surrounded by the remnants of the camp. In the face of this harsh fact, there is no need to doubt that Amundsen has set up camp here. It is incredible that the Antarctic, which has been inaccessible for thousands of years, was discovered twice in 35 days. They are only the second batch of people who arrived, only a month late, but for human beings, the first arrival means everything, and the second arrival means nothing. "After all kinds of hardships, camping, endless pain and troubles, what is this for? Not only for these dreams, but now these dreams are shattered. " Scott wrote in the log. Tears filled their eyes. Tired as they were, they couldn't sleep that night. Like prisoners on death row, they lost hope, went on the last road in frustration and went to extremes. None of them want to comfort others, just dragging their feet silently.

65438+ 10/8, Colonel Scott and his four partners finally reached the South Pole. He is no longer the first person to arrive here, and everything here will not make him feel dazzling. He just looked at the sad place with cold eyes. "I can't see anything here, which is no different from the creepy monotony of the past few days." This is Scott's complete description of the pole.

The only unusual thing they found there was not nature, but left by their opponents, and that was Amundsen's tent with the Norwegian flag. Amundsen also left a letter, waiting for the unknown second place to arrive. He believed that the second letter would arrive soon, so he asked him to take it to King Haakon of Norway. Scott accepted this task, and he will faithfully perform this most ruthless duty: to testify for another person's achievements in front of the world, which is exactly what he dreams of.

Unfortunately, they planted the British flag next to Amundsen's victory flag and left. There was a cold wind blowing behind them, and Scott wrote in his diary with a sense of foreboding: "The way back made me feel terrible."

The return trip was extremely difficult, which finally killed them, and the danger of the return trip increased tenfold. They must also follow the original footsteps and walk back. During the weeks-long trip, they must be careful not to leave the original footprints, so as not to miss the pre-set storage point, where food, clothes and kerosene are stored. If you miss the storage point, you are dead.

The iron will in their hearts also slackened. When they came, they were full of hope, which reflected the curiosity and desire of all mankind and added infinite strength to them. Now, they are just fighting to protect their skin from damage, to survive their bodies and to go home without any glory. Perhaps in their hearts, they are more afraid of going home than expecting it.

Look at the diary of those days, it's terrible. The weather is getting worse and worse, and the cold season comes earlier than usual. The snow under their feet turned from soft to hard, forming thick ice. Stepping on it is like stepping on a triangular nail, and every step should be glued to the shoes. The biting cold devoured their tired bodies. Only a few people walk in gloomy loneliness, and their heroism cannot but be admired. Nothing can prove this better than Dr. Wilsha, who is in charge of scientific research. When he was far away from death, he continued his scientific observation. In addition to all the necessary items, he also dragged 16 kg of precious rock samples on the sled.

However, people's courage is gradually eroded by the great power of nature. Their feet have been frozen rotten; The ration of food is getting less and less. I can only eat one hot meal a day, which is very weak. One day, the partners found horribly that Evans, the strongest among them, suddenly went insane. He stood aside, muttering to himself and complaining about his pain. What shall we do, abandon him on this lifeless ice field? No. However, they must get to the next storage point quickly, otherwise … it is not clear from the log what Scott is going to do. /kloc-at one o'clock in the night of February, 0/7, the unfortunate British navy sergeant died. That day, they just walked to the "slaughterhouse camp" and found the pony slaughtered last month, and had a sumptuous meal for the first time.

Now only four people continue to walk, but the next storage point brings new disappointment. There is too little kerosene stored here, so they must use these fuels carefully. They dragged on, and Oates' toes froze off. The wind was blowing harder than ever before. On March 2, they arrived at the next storage point and felt terrible despair again: there was very little fuel stored there.

From the log, people can see how Scott tried to hide his fear, "God bless you! We can't stand this kind of fatigue any longer. May God bless us! We can hardly count on people's help now. " However, they dragged their tired bodies, gritted their teeth and moved on in despair. Oates became more and more unable to walk and became a burden to his friends. One day at noon, the temperature reached MINUS 40 degrees Celsius, and they had to slow down. Oates knew in his heart that he would bring bad luck to his friends. He asked Wilson, who was in charge of scientific research, for ten morphine tablets in order to end his life quickly when necessary. They walked hard for another day, and Oates asked to stay in the sleeping bag and separate their fate from theirs. They resolutely refused, although they knew that doing so would undoubtedly reduce everyone's burden. Oates had to hobble for several kilometers with his frostbitten feet until he reached the camp.

When they got up early in the morning, they saw a snowstorm outside. Oates suddenly stood up and said to his friends, "I'm going out for a walk. Maybe I'll stay longer." Everyone knows what this means and no one dares to stop it. Everyone was in awe: lawrence oates, the captain of the Royal Guard, died like a hero.

Now, only three exhausted people trudge on the endless hard ice and snow wasteland. They are too tired to have any hope. They just rely on their vague intuition to support their bodies and walk forward with staggering steps. On March 2 1 day, they were only 20 kilometers away from the next storage point, but the snowstorm was so fierce that they could not leave the tent. They can only choose two ways to die now: starvation or freezing. Surrounded by the white primitive world, three people struggled with doomed death in a small tent for eight days. On March 29, they knew that there would be no more miracles, so they decided not to go to bad luck, but to die proudly in the tent. ...