2006.39.1

Pressed tinplate (?toffee) commemorative box, with hinged lid. Made in England. Depicts two Antarctic scenes and five head and shoulders images of the members of the South Pole party (Capt. R.F. Scott, Capt. L.A.G. Oates, E. Evans, P.O., Dr E.A. Wilson, and Lieut. H.R. Bowers). The Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913).

England

1913

20th century

SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTICDR. E. A. WILSON / Lt. H. R. BOWERSCapt. L. A. G. Oates / E. EVANS, P.O.EMPIRE HEROES / Capt. Robert Falcon ScottIn October 1911/ a large expedition, including ponies, dog teams and motor sledges, set out with / 920 miles between their ship Terra Nova and the Pole. / Three months later, in conditions that were bad / even for this forbidding region, the final five men / arrived, weak from restricted rations, only to find / Amundsen's tent and the Norwegian flag. On the way / back Evans died first, from frostbite and exhaustion, / then Oates made his gallant exit, and on March 29th / 1912 Scott entered the final comment in his diary. He, / Wilson and Bowers were found dead 8 months later.MADE IN ENGLAND