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Extreme precipitation event at the Ross Ice Shelf during the 1911–1912 South Pole run

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2024

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Abstract

In March 1912, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his companions perished on their return journey from the South Pole. The Final Blizzard delivered a terminal blow. However, it was only a part of this story of endurance and tragedy. In December 1911, en route to the South Pole, the men had been tent-bound for 4 days due to an exceptionally warm, wet blizzard. This article compares the meteorological situation that the polar party encountered in December 1911 to a similar situation in the modern time and suggests a possible climatology behind the 1911 event.

Keywords

1911Antarcticaextreme precipitation event in the Polar Plateauextreme precipitation event in the western Ross Ice Shelfhistory of polar explorationSouth PoleSouth Pole run
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Earth Sciences
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Antarctic Science , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 2024 , pp. 101 - 109
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antarctic Science Ltd

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