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Scientists just grew plants in soil from the Moon, but Antarctica has long provided researchers with the perfect place to test their agricultural techniques for a future in space.
A series of misfortunes and bad decisions led to the untimely death of the arctic explorer Captain Scott and his team.
The resting place of Shackleton’s ill-fated ship is now an international heritage site, and a reminder of how Antarctica’s place in our collective consciousness has changed since the ‘heroic age’.
Accurately calculating a ship’s position by hand in 1915 was easy compared to what the New Zealand-born navigator Frank Worsley had to do next.
A strong mind was key to surviving the monotony faced by Antarctic explorers enduring the isolation of long, remote winters.
