Greater glory.

• Autores: Edward J. Larson
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 304, Nº. 6, 2011, págs. 78-83
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this article the author discusses the race to the South Pole in 1911 between Roald Amundsen and Robert F. Scott. According to the author, history books often cite Amundsen's defeat of Scott, failing to note Scott's scientific ambitions for the trip. Topics include an overview of several side trips that Scott made during the race in search of fossils and other scientific evidence, Scott's refusal to sacrifice his ambitious scientific agenda, and Scott's discovery of fossils of an ancient plant, named Glossopteris, that would provide important evidence in support of the theory of evolution by English naturalist Charles Darwin. INSET: More Than a Race.