17 January 1912
Waning Crescent, 4% lit
Scott reaches the South Pole
Scott's party arrived to find Amundsen's tent already there, a month old.
"The worst has happened," he wrote. None of the five survived the return journey; the last three died eleven miles from a supply depot, pinned down by a blizzard.
- Date
- 17 January 1912
- Moon computed for
- 12:00 local time, UTCThe time of day is not recorded here, so noon stands in.
- Phase
- Waning Crescent
- Illuminated
- 4%
Source: Scott's journals, British Library