Wednesday, 12 October 1910

Scott

At about nine in the evening, the Terra Nova arrived in Melbourne, in heavy seas.


Amundsen

Aftenposten noted with amazement that the Times "has not mentioned the matter by a single word." [1] Only a few English papers had carried the news at all.

The Evening Standard had run an interview with Shackleton, who could not see "how Amundsen can hope to reach the South Pole unless he has a large number of ponies on board. He may have dogs, but they are not very reliable." [2]


Notes:

[1] Aftenposten, Christiania, 12 October 1910, quoted by Roland Huntford in Scott and Amundsen (New York : Putnam, 1980, c1979), p.320.
[2] Evening Standard, 4 October 1910, quoted by Roland Huntford in Scott and Amundsen (New York : Putnam, 1980, c1979), p.320.