In 1911 Captain Robert Falcon Scott went back to the frozen wasteland of the Antarctic with the intention of reaching the South Pole, by a long and arduous trek across the ice On reaching the pole Scott and his comrades were devastated to find that they had been beaten by the Norwegian explorer Amundsen With temperatures of minus 30, they began their slow journey back to their base coming within eleven miles of safety, they finally succumbed to the elements and were found eight months later frozen to death Captain Scott's diary was discovered under his shoulder, stored inside a little wallet