Much has been written about this ill fated expedition and the character of Scott been subjected to much interrogation over this time. 

The expedition gripped the public imagination with tales of heroism and endurance and stoicism, indeed all those things  that the British liked to believe marked out the qualities of the nation.

One hundred years ago, British Antartic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott, died after the failure of his Terra Nova expedition failed to reach the South Pole before his rival Roald Amundsen.

Since then several people have questioned Scott’s leadership.

So what was the truth?

The best place to decide for yourself is the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge which has an exhibition running until 5th May 2012, which has made available the most complete collection of written material and photos ever exhibited about the expedition. Some of the documents are in such a fragile state that it is unlikely they will ever be exhibited again.

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