#OTD, in 1912, Captain Scott reached the South Pole: “Great God! this is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority”. The journey narrated by Ana Torroja unique singing voice: Mecano a través de @YouTube

#OTD in 1909, once left McMurdo winter quarters, Sir Shackleton attained farthest south: ‘At 9 A.M. we were at 88°23’South, half running and half walking over a surface much hardened by the recent blizzard…Homeward bound at last. Whatever regrets may be, we have done our best”. https://t.co/VliQysZ339

#OTD On this day, in 1931, italian D’Agostini reached Monte Mayo summit, Sourhern Patagonia Icefield. https://t.co/G14HhfQmZQ