For a limited time, the full text of this article is being made available for fans of Scientific American's page on Facebook. Read it now or become a fan . One hundred years ago, in June 1911, Robert Falcon Scott and 32 explorers--most of them British scientists, naval officers or seafarers--were huddled in the darkness of the Antarctic winter, when the sun never rises above the horizon and up to eight feet of ice seals the surrounding sea
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For a limited time, "Greater Glory: Why Scott Let Amundsen Win the Race to the Pole" , a feature from the June issue of Scientific American is being made available for fans of Scientific American's page on Facebook. Read it now or become a fan
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