1910
15 June 1910
- Terra Nova sets sail from Cardiff, Wales.
- Scott joins the ship later in South Africa and stays on it until it reaches Melbourne, Australia
- He leaves the ship again to continue fundraising, but not after he receives a telegram from Roald Amundsen to tell him that he too is “proceeding south”
- Terra Nova proceeds to New Zealand
29 November 1910
- Terra Nova leaves Port Chalmers, New Zealand. Scott is once again on board – Along with 34 dogs, 19 Siberian ponies and three motorized sledges. However, 2 ponies,1 dog, 1 sledge, coal and petrol are lost a few days later in a heavy storm
10 December 1910
- Terra Nova meets the southern pack ice and is halted for 20 days before being able to continue south
(Painting above based on Edmund Wilson's sketches)
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