What's the result of shackleton's Antarctic expedition?

190 1 year, British explorer Scott led an expedition to land on the west bank of the Ross Sea, waiting for the summit next summer.

Winter in Antarctica is desolate and cold. Dark night, shrouded in the endless ice sheet, only the endless screams of the storm. The wind intensity can reach 12, and the cyclone reaches more than 70 meters per second, which seriously hinders people's activities. When you go out, you will not be blown down unless you put on spikes and bend over to walk. Even wear a special mask to prevent serious facial injuries. Because of the wind speed here, even rusty chains have to be polished, let alone human flesh. Compared with the North Pole, the cold here is unbearable, and it can reach MINUS 80 degrees Celsius at the coldest time, making it the coldest place in the world. Under such weather conditions, people's heart rate will accelerate, kerosene will freeze, gasoline will be difficult to burn, rubber will be as fragile as glass, solder in iron drums will crack, thermometers will not work well, and even the reproduction of bacteria will be greatly restricted. But people were surprised to find the resident "penguin" on the ice sheet.

/kloc-in the summer of 0/902, Scott led a team to travel by dog sled. Along the way, the ice is undulating and the rift valley is vertical and horizontal. If you are not careful, you will be in danger of death. The dog is too tired to pull the sled. Although it is midsummer, the cold still stings people's bones and muscles, and it gets colder as it goes south. The dog froze to death, so people had to pull their own sledges and reach the hinterland of the Antarctic continent at 82 degrees south latitude 17 minutes. They couldn't walk any further and had to return. Along the way, they made many scientific investigations, collected a large number of data and samples, and accurately measured the position of the magnetic pole. /kloc-in the summer of 0/903, the expedition ended its investigation and returned to China.

Six years later, Ernest shackleton, a member of Scott's expedition, regretted not reaching the summit and decided to go to the South Pole again. He didn't forget the lesson that all dogs died of hunger and cold last time, so he took a Malay sleigh instead, thinking that horses might be more hardy than dogs. He only took three people, and left for the summit at the end of 1908+00. It started well, and in less than a month, I went to the farther south where I had been last time. Here, the rescue team bid farewell to them, returned to the base, and arranged food along the way to prepare for their return trip.

After half a month, the road became difficult. Glaciers are steep, ditches are densely covered, cracks are vertical and horizontal, and mountains are horizontal. It's hard to climb, and the horse can't move forward. They either fell to death, or froze to death, and some fell into the cracks in the ice. Soon all the horses died, and the sledge pulled again, slowing down. People's physical strength is obviously weak, even facing the threat of food shortage, but the four are still determined to go to the "final limit."

190965438+1On October 9th, four people endured hunger and cold, dragged their heavy steps, and finally reached the place only178km away from the pole. It won't take a few days to reach the top of the mountain, but they can't go any further now. This is not an environmental obstacle, nor a disease, nor a lack of courage, but a lack of food. They have to give up, regret and pain haunt everyone, but there is nothing they can do. Four people reluctantly walked down the alpine plateau and returned to New Zealand on March 3rd.

Seeing that shackleton failed again, Scott decided to organize an expedition for the second time to pick the jewel in the crown. But this time, there is a competitor. He is Amundsen, a famous polar explorer, who opened the northwest passage of the Arctic Ocean.