Lead pollution beat Amundsen and Scott to the South Pole by 20 years - Guest Work
Guest Author • Jul 31, 2014 •
By Joe McConnell, Desert Research Institute We know elements of the story. It was 1911, as Robert Scott and Roald Amundsen raced to the South Pole. Temperatures were below -50˚C. Scott was British; Amundsen a Norwegian. Sled dogs were dying, and the explorers suffered from frostbite. The stakes were high, with financing of future explorations hanging in the balance … Read More