On 29 March 1912, as Scott and his two companions lay dying in their tent, elsewhere on the polar ice-cap six members of his ill-fated expedition were fighting for their lives. The six men were landed by Terra Nova in January 1911 at Cape Adare, 450 miles north of Scott's base camp at Cape Evans.
Katherine Lambert has worked as a magazine editor and then a book editor and producer. Currently managing editor of the annual Good Gardens Guide, she also worked with Peter King on Scott's Last Journey.Journalist Peter King's 35 books include Scott's Last Journey and an edition of Shackleton's South (Pimlico).
