While looking for something else entirely, I came...  ...he dog, named Chris, belonged to explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott , who took a gramophone along on the ill-fated Ter...  ...ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition. Although neither Scott nor Chris survived the expedition, Ponting did no...

Yesterday marked 100 years since Robert Falcon Scott and the others of his expedition reached the Sout...  ...journey, although he did not personally accompany Scott all the way to the Pole. Staying behind likely s...  ...ely saved Ponting's life: Upon reaching the Pole, Scott...