Remembering Greatness
My roommate is in England for three weeks for the centenary of the ill-fated Scott Polar expedition, Terra Nova, whose history she is utterly captivated by. Captain Scott's doomed polar expedition remembered. Above, January 1912: (standing L-R) Captain Lawrence Oates, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, (seated (L-R) Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Edward Wilson posing at the South Pole in front of flags including the Norwegian flag planted by Roald Amundsen. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8950890/100-year-anniversary-exhibition-of-Captain-Scotts-Antarctic-polar-expedition.html The event was a blow to Edwardian British pride, but took a backseat to the more glamorous sinking of the Titanic (not to take away from that tragedy). My roommate wants to write a graphic novel about the story (she's an artist and animator at Disney, so no slouch). Me, I think it can be a film, the main character being the guy who survived and carried around...