One hundred and thirteen years ago, cars were not yet widespread. Airplanes were made of canvas and wood. Sir Edmund Hillary was still 40 years away from summiting Mount Everest. It was during this time that explorers began focusing on reaching the North and South Poles.

The most famous story of polar exploration is that of Ernest Shackleton, whose ship , the Endurance, became trapped in ice. Less known is the story of Robert Falcon Scott, who led a group of five to the South Pole in January 1912, only to find the Norwegian flag already planted there. Heartbroken, they died in a blizzard on the way back.

Still less well known is the expedition made by three members of Scott’s team to Cape Crozier, 60 miles away from their base camp. One of the members was a young man named Apsley C

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