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The Diary of Captain Scott
Originally Aired: February 28, 1956
Suspense #639, "The Diary of Captain Scott," presents the harrowing true account of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition. In January 1912, Scott and his four companions—Evans, Oates, Wilson, and Bowers—reach the South Pole only to discover they've been beaten by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Devastated but determined, the five men face an 800-mile trek back to their ship in temperatures plunging to 30 degrees below zero. As Scott records in his diary, the journey becomes a desperate race against starvation, frostbite, and the…
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