A bit over 100 years ago Captain Robert F. Scott, and Norwegian Roald Amundsen raced to reach the South Pole. Scott’s ill fated party lost the race and died attempting to return, after finding Amundsen’s group had arrived 33 days earlier. The remains of the ship that carried the Scott’s party, SS Terra Nova, has been located off Greenland. More here.

SS Terra Nova, was much like the cutter Bear, both were built as sealers in Dundee Scotland. After the expedition, Terra Nova played various roles until it was damaged by ice during WWII on a supply run to Greenland in 1943. The Coast Guard icebreaker Southwind rescued the survivors.