golden age of antarctica exploration of the early twentieth century names of polar explorers like roald amundsen and captain scott. well this is where some of those expeditions came to get them aps it was really because it's no good to see this is a kind of treasure trove of paul's exploration to come out of that. turns out mankind has forever been hooked on the concept of a mysterious continent at the end of the world. from the fifteen eighties is the last of the classical worldview this is the world as it would have been understood the ancient greeks and romans still got this great terrell called me to. spin forward three centuries to the time of men like captain scott who died on his return from the south pole philip shows me a sledging match from that expedition is true. this is what actually used to place the food for the attempt on the pole. incredible here we have been reaching the south pole and then of course the terrible trick. back captain scott died here just demonstrates how hot it was then just how challenging it was that a far cry from today it was this period is known as the hero