Scott and the Scientific Expedition in the Antarctic

The sheer complexity of the enterprise also challenged scott's managerial abilities. Every long journey in the antarctic needed careful planning, with preparatory journeys to set up depots along the route stocked with food and fuel. Scott might have been wiser to focus more attention on the south pole, but didn't really have a choice. The scientific on was regarded as essential by influential patrons such as the royal geographical society. They actively opposed a simple dash to the pole. That's why scott was taking those three expensive motorized sleds,. One of them, captain oates. Wrote three motors at three thousand pounds each, 19 ponies at five pounds each 32 dogs at 30 shillings