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91Èȱ¬ Drama to develop Scott Of The Antarctic
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91Èȱ¬ Wales Drama is developing a single film about Captain Robert Falcon Scott to commemorate the centenary of Scott setting sail on his second, fateful
expedition to Antarctica.
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The project is being written by Tony Basgallop and will be directed by David
Attwood.
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It follows recent successes from 91Èȱ¬ Wales Drama including Doctor
Who, Torchwood, Life On Mars and Dracula.
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Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 - 29 March 1912) was a British naval officer
and Antarctic explorer.
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Following his first successful Antarctic expedition on
HMS Discovery (1901-04), Scott set sail for the South Pole again on the Terra
Nova expedition from Cardiff on 15 June 1910.
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The team reached the pole on
18 January 1912, only to find rival Roald Amundsen's Norwegian flag.
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Scott and
his exhausted four man crew began their return trip and set up camp on 11 March
1912, only 11 miles from One Ton Depot, where they could have sourced
supplies.
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A raging blizzard kept them from the depot, and every crew member
died.
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They were found dead in their sleeping bags by a rescue party on 12 November
1912.
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Julie Gardner, Head of Drama, 91Èȱ¬ Wales, comments: "The story of Scott's last voyage is one of endurance, courage and extreme
bravery in the pursuit of world exploration.
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"The frontiers crossed by the
team, both physically and mentally, are incomparable and this story demands to
be told."
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The last letters written by Scott to his wife Kathleen, and she to him, were
made public recently after his descendants donated them to the Scott Polar
Research Institute in Cambridge.
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