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Podcast: Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
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South Pole Race: David and Goliath on Ice
Category: History
Duration: 00:33:20
Publish Date: 2022-07-15 04:01:00
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1910: Two men are racing to be the first to reach the South Pole. Captain Robert Falcon Scott heads a well-financed, technologically-advanced expedition - aiming to reach the pole in the "proper" and heroic way... on foot. Roald Amundsen's effort is more modest, relying on cheap sled dogs to carry him to victory. 

Scott - for all his money, for all his fancy equipment, for all his backing from the mighty Royal Navy - is doomed to failure in the icy wastes of Antarctica. Why?

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