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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

 St Fagans, Cardiff St Fagans National Museum of History, commonly referred to as St Fagans , after the village in which it is located, is an award-winning open-air museum in Cardiff, Wales and the most popular heritage attraction in Wales. It chronicles the historical lifestyle, culture, and architecture of the Welsh people. The Museum stands on the grounds of St Fagans Castle and gardens, a late 16th-century manor house donated along with 100 acres of beautiful parks and grounds, to the people of Wales by the Earl of Plymouth in 1948. Scattered around the castle grounds are over 50 historic buildings including farmhouses, a row of ironworkers’ cottages, a medieval church, a Victorian school, a chapel and a splendid Workmen’s Institute, brought here from their original sites across Wales and reassembled.  Abernodwydd farmhouse Farmhouse window Abernodwydd Farmhouse: This picturesque timber-framed farmhouse dates to 1678 and comes from Llangadfan, Powys (Montgomeryshire). It is typical