In late 1911, English explorer Robert Falken Scott sought to reach the South Pole.

Very pleasant day for marching, but a very tiring march for the poor animals, which with the exception

of Nobby are showing signs of failure all round.

We were slower by half an hour or more than yesterday, except that the loads are light now and there are still

eight animals left.

Things don't look too pleasant but we should be less than 60 miles from our first point

of aim.

Aside from being a personal triumph, from a broader perspective, the aim was for a human being

to reach the South Pole for the first time.

Scott and program manager for artifacts at the New Zealand-based Antarctic Heritage Trust.

A frequent visitor to the southernmost continent, Lizzy explains the story of

Scott's fateful trek has told through the bountiful artifacts she and her team have

helped to preserve.

The only continent in the world where the first structures put up like humans still exist and you're transported to a place in time.

It's hugely evocative.

The famous expedition to the North Pole wasn't Scott's first visit to the region. In fact, he'd conducted an earlier

expedition between 1901 and 1904. He realized establishing a base camp, a kind of home away from home, where his men could live and work, before embarking on the final trek, was a key element of the expedition.

The hut is becoming the most comfortable dwelling place imaginable.

We have made ourselves a truly seductive home, within the walls of which peace, quiet and

comfort remain supreme.

Such a noble dwelling transcends the word hut,

and we pause to give it a more fitting title only from lack of the appropriate suggestion.

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