Captain Scott’s polar ship filmed at the seabed

One of the most famous polar wrecks was filmed in detail on the seabed for the first time.

The Terra Nova transported Captain Scott and his men during their sentenced to reach the South Pole over a century ago.

The British party lost the race at the pole and died during his return trip in 1912.

The images show that the terra nova colonized by marine life, but the main characteristics of the wooden ship are always visible, including its wheel, winch and mast.

The wreck is 170m off the coast of Greenland. After the polar expedition with Scott, the ship continued in service and finally sank in 1943 while transporting supplies to the American bases during the Second World War.

Terra Nova was discovered in 2012, but the new expedition was the first opportunity to record in -depth images of the wreckage.

“To be able to see these important parts of the wreckage, it was really impressive,” said Leighton Rolley, director of scientific systems at Rev Ocean.

“The wheel was seated there perfectly intact among the debris of the back section of the wreck.

“When you think of the people who were held there, maneuvered the Terra Nova through the ice, like Captain Scott … It was like, Wow, if the wheel of this ship could speak, it could tell an incredible story.”

Terra Nova was one of the most beautiful polar ships of its time and sailed for 60 years.

The ship was 57 m (187 feet) long with a wooden shell which was a meter thick in places to help it drill the sea ice.

Captain Scott’s men launched themselves in Antarctica in 1910. A complete scientific program was planned for the Terra Nova expedition – as well as the goal of being the South Pole.

Scott, with Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans, were trying to make history.

After having traveled hundreds of kilometers, the British party reached the post in January 1912, but they discovered that they had been beaten by a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen.

A black flag, planted by Amundsen, is now exposed to the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) in Cambridge with other items from the Terra Nova.

“Their heart must have flowed when seeing this black flag against the whiteness of Antarctica,” said David Waterhouse, curator of the Polar Museum of Spri.

The deflated British party began their arduous return to their base. But they encountered bad weather unusually, and Edgar Evans died after falling down a glacier.

Several weeks later, Captain Oates left the men’s tent. Her last words were recorded in Scott’s newspaper: “I’m just outside and maybe time.” He was never seen again.

Scott, Bowers and Wilson continued and made a last camp, but trapped by an icy blizzard with decreasing supplies, the three perished.

A research expedition discovered their last camp just 11 miles from a replenishment deposit which would have provided them with food and fuel.

Terra Nova played a crucial role in the announcement of their death.

“In January 1913, the Terra Nova arrived in Cape Evans in Antarctica to take the land party, and they expected to look for Captain Scott and his pole party at the same time,” said Naomi Boneham, archivist in Spri.

“But when they arrived, they discovered the sad news.”

The ship’s newspaper records that the men died of “exposure and will”.

The ship sailed to New Zealand, where the tragic end of the Terra Nova expedition was announced in the world.

The new images of The Deep offer another chance to tell Scott’s story, explains David Waterhouse.

“It’s a story that really has the whole package-heroism, tragedy,” he said.

“And, I suppose, as a British people, we love an outsider, and they were so close to being the first to the post and to come back alive.”

The ship which has witnessed so many history has a very different existence located under the waves on the other side of the planet.

It is not in good condition. Although the center of the ship is relatively intact, there is a lot of damage to the stern and the arc was divided in two.

But it has become a life reef, says Leighton Rolley.

“It’s full of fish, there are corals that grow on it – it has become one with the ocean.”