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ROBERT SCOTT: We struggled on, the dogs pulling our sledges through awful weather and across difficult terrain. Open or download - 2001 to present About | The Quest was a small and really quite unsuitable - Captain Antarctic Animals Read about our approach to external linking. at South Georgia on the 4th of January 1922. Island. Crean, Thomas All wreck imagery is courtesy of the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust and National Geographic, Endurance: 'Finest wooden shipwreck I've ever seen', The stowaway shipwrecked on legendary expedition, Modern star maps hint at famous wreck's location, The impossible search for the greatest shipwreck, The museum at the end of the world reopens at last, Exhibition recalls Shackleton's final quest, Renewed quest to find Shackleton's lost ship. 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