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Scott of the Antarctic.

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Year
1962
Reference
28712
Media type
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Year
1962
Reference
28712
Media type
Audio

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Categories
Documentary radio programs
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:44:48
Broadcast Date
1962
Credits
RNZ Collection
Henderson, Jim, 1918-2005, Producer
Ford, C. Reginald (Charles Reginald), 1880-1972, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Hare, Clarence H., 1880-1967, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Wright, Charles S. (Charles Seymour), 1887-1975, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Taylor, Thomas Griffith, 1880-1963, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Clissold, Thomas C., -1963 (d.1963), Speaker/Kaikōrero
Debenham, Frank, 1883-1965, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Roberts, Athol Renouf, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Radio New Zealand. National Programme (estab. 1964, closed 1986), Broadcaster

Scott of the Antarctic, a 1962 radio documentary by Jim Henderson to mark the 50th anniversary of Robert Falcon Scott's death.
It includes recollections by expedition members: C. Reginald Ford of Auckland (stores officer); C. H. Hare of Lyttelton (assistant steward); Sir Charles Wright (second expedition, physicist); Professor Griffith Taylor (geologist); Tom Clissold of Napier (cook) and Professor Frank Debenham (geologist).

Opens with a Scott Base radio call by Athol Roberts, leader of Scott Base at the time of programme, who describes the location of Scott Base in relation to Scott's own base in Antarctica and his memorial cross.

Each of the speakers gives a brief summary of Scott and their relationship with him and then they recount the story of the expedition