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so prominently"? The mention is quite brief, with all the facts quite important and relevant either to the oceanographic part of the expedition and Kuchin's being the first Russian on Antarctica land, or to his subsequent fate as an Arctic explorer, where his reckless voyage might have been inspired by Amundsen with whom he had sailed. Don't think that those few sentences are too much detail. It's exactly such interesting biographic connections which make good articles even better, more interesting.
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South pole was discovered by ancient Indians much before Amundsen. In the temple of Somnath in Gujarat which is more than 2000 years old, there is a clear message written in Sanskrit language that the south pole is exactly in this direction from that point of temple pillar and the precise distance is
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Firstly, while it is true that in Britain an in English speaking countries Scott gets more press this is not neutral language. Secondly, what exactly is heroic about appalling planning and lack of preparation getting four people killed? This is isn't Shackleton getting ice bound and saving the day.
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Well, perhaps it would be more in place in the other section or in a pair of sections, though "Personnel" seems to be quite relevant (isn't it the section where the info on a notable participants should be included?). But why really he "should be mentioned, but probably not in as much detail and not
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A fair point, and no doubt the overshadowing was more apparent and longer-lasting in England than elsewhere. But the tragedy of Scott was felt globally, not just in England. It affected Norway, where there were already some misgivings about the means of Amundsen's achievement; Roland Huntford, who
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In the third paragraph of the section "March to the Pole", it appears to say that the expedition confused a mirage of dog's droppings for evidence that someone had beaten them to the pole. However, how would dogs have previously been there? My copy of Huntford is a different edition so I'm having
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should be mentioned, but probably not in as much detail and not so prominently. I would rewrite it, but am not quite sure what level of mention is appropriate here. If anything, Kuchin should be mentioned only when the oceanographic cruise is mentioned later in the article.
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just for that, particularly when my impression might be wrong, but I do hope someone knowledgeable about how Amundsen and Scott were viewed outside Britain can provide some evidence, and correct the sentence if appropriate.
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strongly champions Amundsen over Scott, writes of the "chill beneath the cheers". As the article makes clear in its final section, however, Amundsen's achievement has long been fully recognised and honoured worldwide.
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My impression is that this "overshadowing" was specifically a British aberration and therefore that the sentence "may not represent a worldwide view of the subject". I don't want to tag the whole article with
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difficulty checking the cited reference for this (the paging is different). Could there have been penguins or some other creature so far from the ocean, which I take as the main or only food source?
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This sentence appears in the lead section: "Although the expedition's success was widely applauded, the story of Scott's heroic failure overshadowed its achievement."
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Regardless of what one thinks about Hunford's book it is true that anyone with a watch and a compass would know they were not going to make it.
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I found the citation: it was their own dogs' turds confused during stopping to camp, not while advancing. May want to clarify this.
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The second paragraph reads "Amundsen's initial plans focused on the Arctic and the conquest of
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Is the '16' sourced in the caption "the tent erected at the South Pole on 16 December 1911".?
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The secret of how Amundsen beat Scott in race to south pole? A diet of raw penguin
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New research credits the eating of penguin meat as a source of vitamin C:
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North Pole by means of an extended drift in an icebound ship."
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