British Antarctic Memorial
British Antarctic Memorial Exhibition The Memorial Exhibition at barrage sails in Cardiff Bay, Wales commemorates a historical event that captured the world’s imagination a century ago. In 1910, the British Antarctic Expedition, led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, departed on June 15, 1910, from Cardiff Bay in the vessel SS Terra Nova in a desperate race with Norwegian Roald Amundsen and his team to be the first humans to reach the South Pole. The British expedition, unfortunately, ended tragically & the crew never returned. Worse still they lost the race and were greeted with the sight of Norwegian flags that were posted by Amundsen and his team, who had successfully reached their destination three weeks earlier. On January 17th, 1912, as they set back from the South Pole having lost the race, Captain Scott wrote in his journal, “Great God this is an awful place.” Clearly, the sting of defeat left a bitter taste. "I am going outside, I may be some time”. These were