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18 Thursday December 20 2018 ews Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Local News Now The Star Fire rages, homes at risk Horror of discovering Scott’s body CANTERBURY MUSEUM has acquired two Antarctic diaries revealing the horror of finding Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s body. The diaries, purchased for $278,000, were written by Scott’s Norwegian skiing expert Tryggve Gran. One diary, written in Norwegian, is an account of the expedition from November 7, 1911, to February 25, 1912. The other, in Gran’s imperfect English, covers the period until the expedition returned to Lyttelton in February 1913. In the second diary, Gran describes his horror at finding the frozen bodies of Scott, Edward Wilson and Henry “Birdie” Bowers on November 12, 1912, more than seven months after they died returning from the South Pole. “I will never forget it so long I live, a horrible nightmare could not have shown more horror than this,” Gran wrote. “The frost had made the skin yellow and transparent and I’ve never seen anything worse in my life. The Owner (the men’s name for Scott) seems to have struggled hard in the moment of death, while the two others seem to have gone off in a kind of sleep,” he HISTORY: Canterbury Museum has acquired two diaries written by Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Norwegian skiing expert, Tryggve Gran, which reveal his horror at finding Scott’s body. wrote. Scott’s group had set out in October 1911 to become the first to reach the South Pole. They made it to the pole on January 17, 1912, but discovered the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had beaten them there by 34 days. On their return journey they were plagued by severe weather, which slowed their progress and caused their food and fuel to run out. Gran, who Scott had employed to teach the other expedition members to ski, was one of a group of 11 who set out to find the party, including Scott, after they failed to return from their journey to the pole. The last entry in Scott’s own journal, which Gran read after discovering the bodies is dated March 29, 1912. The museum plans to scan and digitise the English-language diary early next year, when the diaries arrive from London. The digital version will be available on the museum’s website. its a WRAP @ JuST INCREDIBLE Seven friendly villages in Canterbury Key • Ryman village • Proposed village Rangiora • Charles Upham Christchurch • Anthony Wilding, Aidanfield • Diana Isaac, Mairehau • Essie Summers, Beckenham • Margaret Stoddart, Riccarton • Ngaio Marsh, Papanui • Park Terrace, Central City • Woodcote, Hornby 0800 588 222 8984 gift wrap from $2 .99 SERVIETTES $2 .99 VARIETY OF GIFT BOXES Huge selection of gift bags RIBBON & GIFT TAGS Table decorations 3 Exciting POP UP CHRISTMAS Stores now open Barrington Mall outside past The Warehouse entrance The Hub Hornby near Farmers South City Centre beside Whitcoulls Barrington Mall • The Hub, Hornby • New Brighton Mall • South City Centre
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