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[[File:Terra Nova 1910.jpg|400px|thumb|The ''Terra Nova'' in Antarctic pack ice.]] | [[File:Terra Nova 1910.jpg|400px|thumb|The ''Terra Nova'' in Antarctic pack ice.]] | ||
'''Terra Nova''' was a whaler and polar expedition ship. She is best known for carrying the 1910 [[Terra Nova Expedition]], [[Robert Falcon Scott]]'s last expedition to the [[South Pole]]. | '''''Terra Nova''''' was a whaler and polar expedition ship. She is best known for carrying the 1910 [[Terra Nova Expedition]], [[Robert Falcon Scott]]'s last expedition to the [[South Pole]]. | ||
==Construction== | ==Construction== | ||
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Although the twenty-four officers and scientific staff made valuable observations in biology, geology, glaciology, meteorology, and geophysics along the coast of Victoria Land and on the [[Ross Ice Shelf]], Scott's last expedition is best remembered for the death of Scott and four companions. | Although the twenty-four officers and scientific staff made valuable observations in biology, geology, glaciology, meteorology, and geophysics along the coast of Victoria Land and on the [[Ross Ice Shelf]], Scott's last expedition is best remembered for the death of Scott and four companions. | ||
After wintering at Cape Evans on [[Ross Island]], Scott, Henry Bowers, Edgar Evans, Lawrence Oates, and Edward Wilson set out on a race to be the first men at the [[South Pole]]. Starting with tractors and Mongolian ponies, the final 800 miles (1,300 km) had to be covered by man-hauling alone. Reaching the South Pole on 17 January 1912, they found that [[Roald Amundsen]]'s expedition (based on ''[[Fram]]'') had beaten them by thirty-four days. Worse was to come, as all five men died on the return journey. The frozen bodies of three were discovered eight months later, in November 1912. Their journals and papers were found and retrieved. | After wintering at Cape Evans on [[Ross Island]], Scott, Henry Bowers, [[Edgar Evans]], Lawrence Oates, and Edward Wilson set out on a race to be the first men at the [[South Pole]]. Starting with tractors and Mongolian ponies, the final 800 miles (1,300 km) had to be covered by man-hauling alone. Reaching the South Pole on 17 January 1912, they found that [[Roald Amundsen]]'s expedition (based on ''[[Fram]]'') had beaten them by thirty-four days. Worse was to come, as all five men died on the return journey. The frozen bodies of three were discovered eight months later, in November 1912. Their journals and papers were found and retrieved. | ||
==Later career== | ==Later career== | ||
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In 1942, ''Terra Nova'' was chartered by Newfoundland Base Contractors to carry supplies to base stations in Greenland. On 12 September 1943 at 2205, the vessel sent an SOS reporting damage, that water was over the boilers and pumps were not working. The US Coast Guard Cutters Atak, Amarok, Laurel, and Manitou, all part of the Greenland Patrol of the US Atlantic Fleet, responded. Atak reached ''Terra Nova'' on 13 September. They rescued all personnel aboard and set the ship alight before proceeding to Narsarssuak, Greenland. Amarok and Manitou turned back after their services were not needed. Laurel proceeded to the site of ''Terra Nova''. The burning hulk was sunk by gunfire the same day at 60°15′15″N 45°55′45″W. | In 1942, ''Terra Nova'' was chartered by Newfoundland Base Contractors to carry supplies to base stations in Greenland. On 12 September 1943 at 2205, the vessel sent an SOS reporting damage, that water was over the boilers and pumps were not working. The US Coast Guard Cutters Atak, Amarok, Laurel, and Manitou, all part of the Greenland Patrol of the US Atlantic Fleet, responded. Atak reached ''Terra Nova'' on 13 September. They rescued all personnel aboard and set the ship alight before proceeding to Narsarssuak, Greenland. Amarok and Manitou turned back after their services were not needed. Laurel proceeded to the site of ''Terra Nova''. The burning hulk was sunk by gunfire the same day at 60°15′15″N 45°55′45″W. | ||
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