Skyrad01 is correct.Scotts expedition was financed on the basis that he would undertake scientific research on the way.Amundsen was given a free hand.Scotts party for example had to haul rocks as geological samples on the sleds,they were even being collected on the final leg.Hardly a fair "race".
Scott accomplished unimaginable feats of endurance, its not surprising that Amundsen was first to reach the pole, its not a race if you're the only one racing. Scott's scientific legacy lives on. While Amundsen accomplished a first to the South Pole being pulled by dogs his journey added no scientific knowledge, had Nansen and the world known that his lie about going to the North Pole was to cover his true hidden intention its doubtful that he would ever have set sail.
'you chaff and sneer and taunt them for not doing the things you daren't do yourself. And all the time you laugh! laugh! laugh! eternal derision, eternal envy, eternal folly, eternal fouling and staining and degrading,until, when you come at last to another country where men take a question seriously and give a serious answer to it, you deride them for having no sense of humour, and plume yourself on your own worthlessness as if it made you better than them.' GB Shaw
Since all the other norwegians is comenting: I am norwegian to and they beat scotts ass. But i feel so sorry for him. I mean he came to the polar midle point, only to discover that amundsen alredy had been there. And i f that weren't bad enough he died on the way home. Sooooo only the norwegians can select out equipment to a polar expedition :)
Hmmm I think too many people are taking this too personally for the fellas. It was put in a comedy scenario to make it appealing to kids, the majority of em know they weren't stupid enough to make it harder. They didn't know what conditions to expect. The only thing that made me angry was 'poor quality horses'. The yakut lives in the coldest inhabited place in the world. It's pretty damn tough, but it still needs food.
To think this aired on the BBC saddens me. The researcher should be ashamed of himself and the same for the producer. To ridicule the mens achievments for poor planning is looking with hindsight they were trailblazers and explorers and there were no experts.in polar explorations,
@jag555y What? For god's sake it's a family show, they're not trying to 'ridicule their achievements', they're putting the facts out there in a humourous way to appeal to everyone and particularly children. If you want serious and in-depth information on Captain Scott, watch a documentary on the History channel or something. I don't know much about this expedition, but watching this made me think this must have been a pretty amazing thing to have done... that's a GOOD thing.
@Strategos300 at what cost though? The way those sled dogs were treated was abominable. Horrific. I always think of Northern Europeans as being very civilised and decent but not from the way those animals were treated on that expedition.
@thetriumpharch Also find your comments on Scott's skills particularly hillarious. The closest you've probably come to exploration and human endurance was when you ran out of Coke and had to wait until morning until you could go to the store down the road.
@Strategos300 I am sure Hjalmar Johansen was pleased with the result. In 1913 he found fame....wealth was still something else. It is either him, or it is Scott who is most suitable for stupid deaths.
to me the most incredible is the story of discovering Antarctida in 1820 - it was discovered by Russians as Wikipedia says, BUT - Brits were only 3 days late !!!- they (Brits) first saw Antarctida 3 days after Russians had already done it !!!
Scott was 'poorly prepared' by the standards we set today where people living in antarctic weather sometimes need to eat up to 6000 claories worth of food a day, eventually having to pull 250lbs on the sleds each when the horses died meant that they didn't have enough to meet this, Scott would have survived if a blizzard hadn't trapped him 16 miles from a supply depot
Am I the only one not to see the secret racist message and just see it as a reeeally funny kids' sketch? It's not about Britain as a nation, it's how Scott's ill-informed choices look stupid to us now, and making them seem even more stupid by being concerned with beating the other expeditioners rather than yano, food and stuff. So no worries!
Actually one of the best shows on tv at the moment, I love it
Nutrition was not understood at the time and indeed Scott and the failed expedition were a first example used to highlight the importance of nutrition.
As for Scott being a racist. Rubbish! As for the British Empire being (sic) Evil. Is at any coincidence that the regional superpowers (America, India, Australia etc) were all former British colonies. Is it any coincidence that the African countries that are faring the best are former British ones?
@stellactid you really have to read more ;) the British colonization (as every other colonization) was a greedy, ilegal, corrupt, oportunistic, imoral, filled with profitable interests action, that went against every kind of human rights known to man! don't try to excuse the past actions of the British please! you would only be burying youself in lies. but rest ashure, Britain is only one of the many countries that did these kinds of atrocities against human rights ;)
@thetriumpharch Should we also excuse other "past actions of the British", such as... oh, shit... I dunno... jury trial by your peer-group, the persumption of innocence until proven guilty, checks and balances on executive power... Yeah, sure. You just keep being historically-selective in order to satisfy your world-view. Stay in your left-wing fantasy land, please, and leave discussion and debate to the grown-ups who don't have to resort to emotive labels.
Huntfords book on Scott is dripping with the self-loathing and anti-Britishness that was in vogue in Britain during the 80's when it was written. Feinnes' book is far superior. Whilst mistakes were made (for example the choice of Edgar Evans in the final pole party, not as good a choice as Lashly or Crean might have been) alot has been done to unfairly discredit Scott. A large factor in the failure of the expedition is malnutrition. All were severely weakened by nutritional deficiencies.
Those where the equipment that scott and his freind carried for the race, but what happend to him... well not only they lost the race, but died in the frozen waitstland.
It's true that "Scott of the Antarctic" is not a very accurate film. Scott's memoir of the journey was censored when it was first published. I think that for most of the 20th century, the humiliation and mourning surrounding the events of Terra Nova were still smarting. Now that some time has passed, very close to a century, the events will be approached more objectively and comprehensively.
As a "Nory-Gen" I find it to be quite gay that Amundsen is more known for getting tot he pol epoint. Amundsen was succesful at navigating through the NW passage. How can that be so non-unique?
Both Amunden and Scott were being gay for chasing that pole point.
The British are truly the Village Idiots of Europe, personified through Scott, an arrogant racist (typical English) with outdated views on leadership and qualities in men. No wonder why the roast beef perished. In bright contrast you have modern men like Amundsen, with open and respectful views on both indigenous people and modern ideas of leadership. It has nothing to do with luck, as English historians claim. Nobody listens to them anyway, except for the Village Idiots of course...
@gunande England Had an empire and are very influential even today and have a top notch government and we have invented more than any other country have the most professional armies and founded America and most of all invented the most brilliant and modern language English which by far has more vocabulary than any other fact and most the modernized world speak it at a 2nd language or learn it at schools.
@Cladenny. Not meaning to insult you, but I am afraid you emphasize my point exactly. Statements like "we founded America" - The truth, you went out of your way to try to destroy the worlds first democracy - USA. "Professional army" - well today maybe, but you blew it totally in WW2. And the reason why most of us has English as second language isn't because of England, but because of USA, winner of WW2. Prior to WW2 French and German where just as widespread.
Lol if you really believe the USA was the world first democracy. If Britain would have fallen during WWII then USA wouldn't have gotten the chance to ever beat Germany. Soviet Union did more in WWII then the USA did. God, I hate nationalistic people who think their nation is the greatest and did everything. Fools.
@ShankingArmitage He probaply thinks that a republic is synonymous with democracy. In that case, there should be no demonstrations in Northern Africa, as all except one of these countries...are democracies. Then we also know that Belorussia is the centrepoint of envy to all democracies. AND you are legaly obliged to believe what I just wrote....sort of.
@DeathSlayer2 It's a pretty hard concept after all, isn't it? You have to differentiate between TWO completely different words that really aren't all that complicated to keep apart...
@gunande I really don't think that the world's first democracy was the USA. The word "democracy" comes from the Greek "demokratia", (rule of the people), and in this case the Athenian Democracy was considered the first direct democracy, also the Sumerians were an early democracy. As for who won WW2, yes, the Americans should have some of the credit for joining in after Pearl Harbour in 1942, 3 years after the War actually started, but the credit lies with ALL of the Allies for their hard work.
@UsagiDreams The USA has never been a Democracy it's a Republic, when you think about it a true democracy would be an extremist form of goverment & probably completely unworkable.
@UsagiDreams Athens, Rome, Venice, Novgorod, Poland-Lithuania and the United Provinces of the Netherlands were all Western democracies long before the USA was even thought of.
@UsagiDreams Yes. Unfortunately the majority of my country is made up of idiots.. with the new orders on censoring the internet.. Its only going to get worse. I'm gonna need a gun and a big ol' bottle of suicide pills soon enough -1 year later.
Britain, Holland, France and Spain DID found America building trade posts people arriving gorwing etc
The USA Needeed Britain just as we needed you
"most of us has English as second language isn't because of England, but because of USA, winner of WW2"LOL So what language did you speak over 200 years since independance? Americano lol, India Austrailia NWZ SA speak English because of the Empire. Athens had the first democracy after Hipparcus and the return of Clythsenes! Get facts first
@gunande It is this kind of statement that sadly gives you Americans a bad name in Britain/England. English is so widely spoken throughout the world due to the vast British Empire, which at one point took up 1/3 of the Earth. There's a reason why it's called English and not American...you can't even spell anyway, for instance: color, favor, program. I believe the correct spelling would be the English: colour, favour and programme.
@Cuppus94 You believe incorrectly. Go research our language differences before you put forth such a ridiculous assertion; if I say "Fall" instead of "Autumn" or write "honor" and not "honour," it doesn't mean I'm wrong and ignorant of our language; in fact, it is more English and less French. Americans spell their words differently or have different words altogether for legitimate reasons. Normally I wouldn't respond to such an idiot but you really upset me. Jerk.
@sarahthecatter If you knew the history of the English language, you would know that french played a key part in it after the Normans invaded (heard of 1066?) And I don't know why you got quite so annoyed with me...
@Cuppus94 Nice insight, Sherlock. My tutors might be ugly as homemade soap, but they're smart and taught me well. You're acting like I said French influences English like sin influences the weather or something. I'm aware of the Norman victory at Hastings and its effects on the Anglo-Saxon tongue: French and thus Latin influence. We are not WRONG because we sometimes keep the "o" on Latin-derived words without the "u" because they don't have the "u" in LATIN.
@Cuppus94 You use the FRENCH spellings a lot with the "u" instead of the LATIN ones without the "u". It's more complicated than that, but I am trying to make it simple. Every word is it's own case, and Americans aren't dumb as rocks or wrong because we spell some words differently. You are very condescending. You imply that I am ignorant of my own mother tongue and my history because I am an American. I have ancestors on both sides of the Battle of Hastings and write French as well. Peace.
@Cuppus94 p.s. I got annoyed because comments like "heard of 1066?" and implying that Standard American English is wrong are very condescending. I hope you don't mean to be so rude. I sure don't. You might as well ask me if i've heard of 1776...lol...
@Cladenny. You also were key in destroying Napoleon which shames England for all future in my view. Europe's first "modern man" and state leader terrified especially England with it's extreme class and feudal system. England was a willing instrument, economically and morally supported by the ancient nobility of Europe who had everything to loose with the novel ideas coming from France in the late 18th century. England, as Europe's only country still hasn't a proper democracy, even today.
@gunande If you are such an expert on class issues, where did you obtain that form of a knowlege? Were you the only one in the neighbourhood that had the money to go to university? Are you looking down on those that did not come along for the ride? How is that for a novel idea?
......and if the United States is an example of democracy, what was the deal with the America First Movement? They were the actual Government of that country....surely not to happen again.
@gunande The Portugese were also instrumental in getting the job done. It may be that they did not even need the help from Wellington, but they got even less from the Americans. What happened to Mr Madison's War? Mr Madison made a decision that was one knotch better than the watergatecoverupthingy.
@gunande we invented the engine the plane and weapons to keep the foreigners in check and are rich in trade.
common folk with funny accents who make Brittan Grate and when I say common I mean English common having the worlds greatest highest standards we dont accept poor quality only the finest.
@gunande eye sight blue green grey hazel light brown mixed colors and all other manner of eye colors would be perfect and look good let alone different natural hair coolers yellow, blond, white, orange light red, brown, ginger extr Are you jealous? Or are you just going to announce something your supposed feel.
RE "poor quality horses unsuited for Antarctic etc.",
Let us remember, barely five years earlier Shackleton had made the largest single advance in history toward either Pole (less than 100 miles from the South Pole) using ONLY horses. (Scott used BOTH dogs & horses).
In fairness, Oates did moan about the quality of the ponies - and one of the sledges *did* have runners that stuck to the ice, it's there in the Journals (at first Scott thought the loads were unequal, as one sledge was making far better progress than the other!) As for the insufficient food supplies, well yes. Not a good idea to take five men on a trip designed for four.
Get your point about the boots, though I'd forgive it purely for the hilarious line delivery - these guys are terrific!
Mate, you have to understand that these boys were pioneers and that was the only equipment that was available at the time. Man's need to discover and learn is what drove these people on. They didn't just say well we ain't got ideal equipment lets not bother. That's what set these blokes apart from the rest.
Seeing previous pioneers makes me appreciate the invention of plastics which produces far better clothing, food packaging and equipment for Antarctic exploration
Best clothing/gear used by Inuit peoples to this day.Read of Roald Amundsen.He listened/learned, arrogant Brits died.The best petroleum based fabrics have poor breathablity.Ice crystals freeze pores and one becomes wet from sweat.They are thin and not very abrasion resistant.Any prepackaged foods are heavy and run out.Seal, fish, and polar bear are best source of fat/protein.Sleds with modern materials can't have parts replaced in field, native sleds can be repaired with scavenged materials.
@6hauptman6 First, try reading someone who has actually been there, such as Fiennnes, rather than taking as gospel, Huntford's partisan ax grinding.
Second, credit certainly to First Peoples such as the Inuit, who managed to find a way to survive in such a climate with the tools available, but all your romantic nonsense is just that, nonsense. In fact, the natives switched over to modern fabrics once they had advanced to the point that they were an IMPROVEMENT over their traditional materials.
Nonsense. One thing the Eskimos dare not do while wearing their furs/skins clothing is ...sweat. You CANNOT avoid sweating while you are trying to pull a 200 pound sledge ...even when it's 40 degrees below.
What a load of twoddle. It's a complete myth that Scott wasn't prepared. People who are tring to teach should do their research before unleashing these ignorant, ridiculous lies. Scott and his team were a great credit to the British. Don't believe everthing you see on TV.
Sorry, gortex had not been invented yet. What is astounding and impressive is that they went with the gear they did, the technology they did and achieved as much as they did. A testament to the men more than the technology. Amundsen the same. Shackleton also. When you look at the technology compared to the task it was very impressive. The glory is in the human spirit (as it says on the cross dedicated to Scott and his men) "to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield."
For Amundsen and his team it was a walk in the park. Scott and his men perished. Of course Scott was ill prepared. And worse, he was ill prepared because of the well known traditional arch-English arrogance and racisme, a self inflicted death sentence (well deserved) in the Antarctic. Scott represented the old world, feudalism, slavery and cruel British imperialism and died. The world is a much better place because cretins like Scott died and true heroes like Amundsen prevailed.
well, one have to remember, that Scott went there twice, and the first, not funded by him expedition was a huge succes. The Discovery's one.
Because of those "arch-English arrogance and racisme" of the british scientist who went on Discovery humanity knew so much more about bot Antarctic and Earth in total, not because of professianal arctic traveller Amundsen ^^
@gunande Haw has racism got anything to do with going to the north pole just cause white skin is better suited fore cold conditions and smart intelligence to be creative and solve problems in challenging environments and natural strength and resilience.
that list of Equipment where the only things them two carried but what happened to them? well not only they lost the race agents the norigans but died in a bliizard i know what your thinking it is Horrible Hisotries but its true
actually we weren't thick at all! everything was based on the science of the time and unfortunatly now we are looking back with almost 100 years hindsight and its clouding our judgement.
oh - and we had dogs!!! Meares ran them and later Cherry and Dimitri took them to lay extra rations at the one ton depot for the returning polor party.
also - i wouldnt have liked to see the dogs on beardmore glacier.
not only that, bad luck such as the paraffin creeping and the blizzard happened!
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Skyrad01 is correct.Scotts expedition was financed on the basis that he would undertake scientific research on the way.Amundsen was given a free hand.Scotts party for example had to haul rocks as geological samples on the sleds,they were even being collected on the final leg.Hardly a fair "race".
pequodman 35 minutes ago
Scott accomplished unimaginable feats of endurance, its not surprising that Amundsen was first to reach the pole, its not a race if you're the only one racing. Scott's scientific legacy lives on. While Amundsen accomplished a first to the South Pole being pulled by dogs his journey added no scientific knowledge, had Nansen and the world known that his lie about going to the North Pole was to cover his true hidden intention its doubtful that he would ever have set sail.
Skyrad01 2 days ago
'you chaff and sneer and taunt them for not doing the things you daren't do yourself. And all the time you laugh! laugh! laugh! eternal derision, eternal envy, eternal folly, eternal fouling and staining and degrading,until, when you come at last to another country where men take a question seriously and give a serious answer to it, you deride them for having no sense of humour, and plume yourself on your own worthlessness as if it made you better than them.' GB Shaw
Skyrad01 2 days ago
Since all the other norwegians is comenting: I am norwegian to and they beat scotts ass. But i feel so sorry for him. I mean he came to the polar midle point, only to discover that amundsen alredy had been there. And i f that weren't bad enough he died on the way home. Sooooo only the norwegians can select out equipment to a polar expedition :)
figarominhest 2 weeks ago
I a Norwegian too and we will always be first at the arctic points >:D Litterally (Evil Viking laugh)
Stariod1994 2 weeks ago
strategos300 what good have norwegin people done ts just 1 country we english found america and australia and alot of africa
multimicer 3 weeks ago
@multimicer Norwegians discoverd Iceland, Greenland, Svalbard, Jan Mayen, Canada (Vinland), founded York and Dublin and pillaged the British Islands.
WillyOeverland 1 week ago
One video where the youtube snowflakes makes sense :)
jame1881 1 month ago
@thetriumpharch in fairness, the were all equally incompetent
themajorgeneral88 1 month ago
absolutely hilarious ! :P
sofiaobrien17 1 month ago
This would be much funnier if Monty Python hadn't spoofed it first... I'm sorry, but Python always wins.
amuddypizza 2 months ago
Classic Humour of the Stupid British...LOL
sleddogs1000 4 months ago
Nice work.
Episcleritis 4 months ago
unbelievably funny. these guys are fantastic! wonderful.
alfarhaneh 5 months ago
Anyone else think of the Monty Python sketch with Scott of the Antarctic?
mage116 5 months ago
@mage116 Scott of the Sahara, you mean?
Monaqute 4 months ago
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Monaqute 4 months ago
Why is everyone fighting on a video from a children's programme?
htafc1997 6 months ago
@neopantheist,I'm a USA'in and I get it!!:) actually I really wish they would air this in America!
Wrestling4404 6 months ago
I'll harm u up Matt xx -3
Bayntonettxx 6 months ago
It really IS a bit silly to be debating so seriously over a comedy program! If comedy gets the kid's, and adult's, attention, good on the show!
Don't think USA'ians will ever get it, unfortunately.....
neopantheist 6 months ago 2
Tom? Tom Crean? Cool XD Tom Crean is awsome
chopchop8916 7 months ago
Wow this show is funny
TangleclawOfWindclan 7 months ago
Hmmm I think too many people are taking this too personally for the fellas. It was put in a comedy scenario to make it appealing to kids, the majority of em know they weren't stupid enough to make it harder. They didn't know what conditions to expect. The only thing that made me angry was 'poor quality horses'. The yakut lives in the coldest inhabited place in the world. It's pretty damn tough, but it still needs food.
GeordieTerrier 8 months ago
I just LOVE the newsboy!!!!! so cute!!!!!!!!!
IndieOllyWood 8 months ago in playlist Horrible Histories
"it makes adventuring too easy!" haha XD
OmmTigers 8 months ago
To think this aired on the BBC saddens me. The researcher should be ashamed of himself and the same for the producer. To ridicule the mens achievments for poor planning is looking with hindsight they were trailblazers and explorers and there were no experts.in polar explorations,
jag555y 8 months ago
@jag555y What? For god's sake it's a family show, they're not trying to 'ridicule their achievements', they're putting the facts out there in a humourous way to appeal to everyone and particularly children. If you want serious and in-depth information on Captain Scott, watch a documentary on the History channel or something. I don't know much about this expedition, but watching this made me think this must have been a pretty amazing thing to have done... that's a GOOD thing.
iamafish400 7 months ago
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Some of it is true but very exaggerated
DeepSnowBand 8 months ago
Have they not read Scotts diaries. This is a load of crap!
DeepSnowBand 8 months ago
"THE BIG GIRLS" LOL XD
pintopony101 9 months ago 3
Why did they pull the sled instead of the horses?
roxyosox122 9 months ago
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chocolatepoodle1 10 months ago
...and for an apt tribute to Scott, you could maybe have a look at
"kcazyt birdie, the doctor and me '
PeteHunt1 11 months ago
Ive been going wrong on my expeditions to the South Pole all this time. I must go return my sled dogs!!
Unicornkatt 11 months ago
>.>
KevlarNinja 1 year ago
- six ponies, sir.
- we'll make that five.
:P
musiclover624 1 year ago
That better not have been my half of the apple! hahahahahahah
Tabroxfcc 1 year ago
Ripping yarns
helmuthoorn 1 year ago
I am Norwegian...and let me just say; We beat your ASS BRITAIN!!!
Just had to...sorry..
Strategos300 1 year ago 22
@Strategos300 at what cost though? The way those sled dogs were treated was abominable. Horrific. I always think of Northern Europeans as being very civilised and decent but not from the way those animals were treated on that expedition.
suedonum 10 months ago
@suedonum tell that to the families of the people who Captain Scott got killed because of his lack of competence! ;)
thetriumpharch 3 months ago
@thetriumpharch Also find your comments on Scott's skills particularly hillarious. The closest you've probably come to exploration and human endurance was when you ran out of Coke and had to wait until morning until you could go to the store down the road.
ManEatingSharks 1 month ago
@Strategos300
Can I just say, I'm British and I agree with that statement.
Indeed, it was not our finest hour and Captain Roald Amundsen was a great explorer. He rightly deserved the achievement.
seahawk124 8 months ago
@Strategos300 I am sure Hjalmar Johansen was pleased with the result. In 1913 he found fame....wealth was still something else. It is either him, or it is Scott who is most suitable for stupid deaths.
pc0sence 7 months ago
@Strategos300 Oh well you beat our arse to the Antarctic, congrats :D haha
PhilAFire93 2 weeks ago
@Strategos300 Normennene knuste engelskmennene totalt.
WillyOeverland 1 week ago
The British also used tractors, as well after the horses died.
TheNumberOneJumpJack 1 year ago 3
to me the most incredible is the story of discovering Antarctida in 1820 - it was discovered by Russians as Wikipedia says, BUT - Brits were only 3 days late !!!- they (Brits) first saw Antarctida 3 days after Russians had already done it !!!
arlik100 1 year ago
now worder he deid
lampgirl100 1 year ago
@lampgirl100 it was because Scott personality: Incredibly brave fool
urmo345 1 year ago
horses for arutharic adventure it would have made for senst to use penguins
lampgirl100 1 year ago
Scott was 'poorly prepared' by the standards we set today where people living in antarctic weather sometimes need to eat up to 6000 claories worth of food a day, eventually having to pull 250lbs on the sleds each when the horses died meant that they didn't have enough to meet this, Scott would have survived if a blizzard hadn't trapped him 16 miles from a supply depot
JaceValm 1 year ago
Did anyone else get the Monty Python reference.
TheGrerex 1 year ago 5
That is offencive to gals! it is still funny and cool though.
nia10100 1 year ago
I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS!
SquidFan 1 year ago 2
'NEIGH'
*thump*
'Better make that five'
thatakwardsilence 1 year ago 3
LOL at the poor quality horse, ill suited to Antarctic terrain. I'm thinking high quality horses wouldn't do much better.
SharnsiR 1 year ago 5
hahaha
bloodhunters100 1 year ago
I take more stuff than them when Im walking to the shops in winter :P
shugocharagirl100 1 year ago 4
As much as I love horrible histories, the shouting gets a bit annoying after a while in this sketch :s
nikki1988ish 1 year ago
Am I the only one not to see the secret racist message and just see it as a reeeally funny kids' sketch? It's not about Britain as a nation, it's how Scott's ill-informed choices look stupid to us now, and making them seem even more stupid by being concerned with beating the other expeditioners rather than yano, food and stuff. So no worries!
Actually one of the best shows on tv at the moment, I love it
AliceInYourHouse 1 year ago 6
@AliceInYourHouse Thank God someone is actually looking at this sketch in the way that it was meant to be seen.
UsagiDreams 1 year ago
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LOL
OMG
NORWEIGANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD
MaverickRiou 1 year ago
Nutrition was not understood at the time and indeed Scott and the failed expedition were a first example used to highlight the importance of nutrition.
As for Scott being a racist. Rubbish! As for the British Empire being (sic) Evil. Is at any coincidence that the regional superpowers (America, India, Australia etc) were all former British colonies. Is it any coincidence that the African countries that are faring the best are former British ones?
stellactid 1 year ago
@stellactid you really have to read more ;) the British colonization (as every other colonization) was a greedy, ilegal, corrupt, oportunistic, imoral, filled with profitable interests action, that went against every kind of human rights known to man! don't try to excuse the past actions of the British please! you would only be burying youself in lies. but rest ashure, Britain is only one of the many countries that did these kinds of atrocities against human rights ;)
thetriumpharch 3 months ago
@thetriumpharch Should we also excuse other "past actions of the British", such as... oh, shit... I dunno... jury trial by your peer-group, the persumption of innocence until proven guilty, checks and balances on executive power... Yeah, sure. You just keep being historically-selective in order to satisfy your world-view. Stay in your left-wing fantasy land, please, and leave discussion and debate to the grown-ups who don't have to resort to emotive labels.
ManEatingSharks 1 month ago
Huntfords book on Scott is dripping with the self-loathing and anti-Britishness that was in vogue in Britain during the 80's when it was written. Feinnes' book is far superior. Whilst mistakes were made (for example the choice of Edgar Evans in the final pole party, not as good a choice as Lashly or Crean might have been) alot has been done to unfairly discredit Scott. A large factor in the failure of the expedition is malnutrition. All were severely weakened by nutritional deficiencies.
stellactid 1 year ago 2
THE BIG GIRLS!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
FluffyHamsterCheeks 1 year ago 6
Reminds me of Benny hill. Great show.
duvexy 1 year ago
Those where the equipment that scott and his freind carried for the race, but what happend to him... well not only they lost the race, but died in the frozen waitstland.
dim432 1 year ago
It's true that "Scott of the Antarctic" is not a very accurate film. Scott's memoir of the journey was censored when it was first published. I think that for most of the 20th century, the humiliation and mourning surrounding the events of Terra Nova were still smarting. Now that some time has passed, very close to a century, the events will be approached more objectively and comprehensively.
crasmane1 1 year ago
THE BIG GIRLS
HA HA HA HA
wakkyvideogroup 1 year ago
I wonder how the relatives would feel about this derision.
agemangirl1919 1 year ago
As a "Nory-Gen" I find it to be quite gay that Amundsen is more known for getting tot he pol epoint. Amundsen was succesful at navigating through the NW passage. How can that be so non-unique?
Both Amunden and Scott were being gay for chasing that pole point.
pc0sence 1 year ago
awesome tell it like it is
sunnysideoflove 1 year ago
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The British are truly the Village Idiots of Europe, personified through Scott, an arrogant racist (typical English) with outdated views on leadership and qualities in men. No wonder why the roast beef perished. In bright contrast you have modern men like Amundsen, with open and respectful views on both indigenous people and modern ideas of leadership. It has nothing to do with luck, as English historians claim. Nobody listens to them anyway, except for the Village Idiots of course...
gunande 1 year ago
@gunande
P.S.
"typical English"
Scott was Scott. From Scotland that is.
Actually, both expeditions were mostly scottish/international, and not goverment funded.
LeeNTien 1 year ago
@gunande HEY BRITAIN CREATED THE TRAIN THEY ARNT DUMMIES
dragonite63 1 year ago
@gunande England Had an empire and are very influential even today and have a top notch government and we have invented more than any other country have the most professional armies and founded America and most of all invented the most brilliant and modern language English which by far has more vocabulary than any other fact and most the modernized world speak it at a 2nd language or learn it at schools.
Cladenny 1 year ago
@Cladenny. Not meaning to insult you, but I am afraid you emphasize my point exactly. Statements like "we founded America" - The truth, you went out of your way to try to destroy the worlds first democracy - USA. "Professional army" - well today maybe, but you blew it totally in WW2. And the reason why most of us has English as second language isn't because of England, but because of USA, winner of WW2. Prior to WW2 French and German where just as widespread.
gunande 1 year ago
@gunande
Lol if you really believe the USA was the world first democracy. If Britain would have fallen during WWII then USA wouldn't have gotten the chance to ever beat Germany. Soviet Union did more in WWII then the USA did. God, I hate nationalistic people who think their nation is the greatest and did everything. Fools.
soulripper31 1 year ago 5
@soulripper31
exactly.
all this american chest thumping and nonsense on a clip from a british kids show
less of that, more praise for terry deary please
ShankingArmitage 1 year ago 2
@gunande The First Democracy maby you want to look in a non American History book some time
thebritish25 1 year ago 4
@gunande
less of the overt patriotism on a kids show clip pls
your probably a nice person really but views seem a little skewed
especially the one on language. you REALLY think that?
ShankingArmitage 1 year ago
@ShankingArmitage He probaply thinks that a republic is synonymous with democracy. In that case, there should be no demonstrations in Northern Africa, as all except one of these countries...are democracies. Then we also know that Belorussia is the centrepoint of envy to all democracies. AND you are legaly obliged to believe what I just wrote....sort of.
pc0sence 7 months ago
Do not feed the troll. Your breaking the rules people!
MrAthos3 1 year ago 4
@MrAthos3
Y O U ' R E = you are
Y O U R = your
How can so many people fuck this up?
DeathSlayer2 1 year ago 124
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@DeathSlayer2 american education system
zackboomer 11 months ago
@DeathSlayer2
it isnt always on purpose.
somethimes I do it wrong but thats just a misstake...
CaptainLilyJane 11 months ago
@DeathSlayer2 in the same way people muck up there their and they're
Maksimfan 10 months ago
@DeathSlayer2 It's a pretty hard concept after all, isn't it? You have to differentiate between TWO completely different words that really aren't all that complicated to keep apart...
l0rf 8 months ago
@DeathSlayer2 American Education at it's best...
DinokillerSithlord 1 month ago
@gunande
USA won WW2 did they? They only got involved after Pearl Harbour, and that was only because Ben Affleck sucked.
DeathSlayer2 1 year ago 2
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@gunande you are just stupid
Kandurux 1 year ago
@gunande I really don't think that the world's first democracy was the USA. The word "democracy" comes from the Greek "demokratia", (rule of the people), and in this case the Athenian Democracy was considered the first direct democracy, also the Sumerians were an early democracy. As for who won WW2, yes, the Americans should have some of the credit for joining in after Pearl Harbour in 1942, 3 years after the War actually started, but the credit lies with ALL of the Allies for their hard work.
UsagiDreams 1 year ago 78
@UsagiDreams The USA has never been a Democracy it's a Republic, when you think about it a true democracy would be an extremist form of goverment & probably completely unworkable.
kingsman565 11 months ago 3
@UsagiDreams Athens, Rome, Venice, Novgorod, Poland-Lithuania and the United Provinces of the Netherlands were all Western democracies long before the USA was even thought of.
Nightcreature12 2 months ago
@UsagiDreams Actually, the USA is a republic.
Concetta20 1 month ago
@UsagiDreams Yes. Unfortunately the majority of my country is made up of idiots.. with the new orders on censoring the internet.. Its only going to get worse. I'm gonna need a gun and a big ol' bottle of suicide pills soon enough -1 year later.
PhenomenalHeadShot 1 week ago
@UsagiDreams america isnt really even a democracy :/ its a constitutional republic
Krornus 4 days ago
@gunande
Britain, Holland, France and Spain DID found America building trade posts people arriving gorwing etc
The USA Needeed Britain just as we needed you
"most of us has English as second language isn't because of England, but because of USA, winner of WW2"LOL So what language did you speak over 200 years since independance? Americano lol, India Austrailia NWZ SA speak English because of the Empire. Athens had the first democracy after Hipparcus and the return of Clythsenes! Get facts first
eddieoxford 8 months ago 4
@gunande It is this kind of statement that sadly gives you Americans a bad name in Britain/England. English is so widely spoken throughout the world due to the vast British Empire, which at one point took up 1/3 of the Earth. There's a reason why it's called English and not American...you can't even spell anyway, for instance: color, favor, program. I believe the correct spelling would be the English: colour, favour and programme.
Cuppus94 7 months ago 3
@Cuppus94 You believe incorrectly. Go research our language differences before you put forth such a ridiculous assertion; if I say "Fall" instead of "Autumn" or write "honor" and not "honour," it doesn't mean I'm wrong and ignorant of our language; in fact, it is more English and less French. Americans spell their words differently or have different words altogether for legitimate reasons. Normally I wouldn't respond to such an idiot but you really upset me. Jerk.
sarahthecatter 6 months ago
@sarahthecatter If you knew the history of the English language, you would know that french played a key part in it after the Normans invaded (heard of 1066?) And I don't know why you got quite so annoyed with me...
Cuppus94 6 months ago
@Cuppus94 Nice insight, Sherlock. My tutors might be ugly as homemade soap, but they're smart and taught me well. You're acting like I said French influences English like sin influences the weather or something. I'm aware of the Norman victory at Hastings and its effects on the Anglo-Saxon tongue: French and thus Latin influence. We are not WRONG because we sometimes keep the "o" on Latin-derived words without the "u" because they don't have the "u" in LATIN.
sarahthecatter 6 months ago
@Cuppus94 You use the FRENCH spellings a lot with the "u" instead of the LATIN ones without the "u". It's more complicated than that, but I am trying to make it simple. Every word is it's own case, and Americans aren't dumb as rocks or wrong because we spell some words differently. You are very condescending. You imply that I am ignorant of my own mother tongue and my history because I am an American. I have ancestors on both sides of the Battle of Hastings and write French as well. Peace.
sarahthecatter 6 months ago
@Cuppus94 p.s. I got annoyed because comments like "heard of 1066?" and implying that Standard American English is wrong are very condescending. I hope you don't mean to be so rude. I sure don't. You might as well ask me if i've heard of 1776...lol...
sarahthecatter 6 months ago
@Cladenny. You also were key in destroying Napoleon which shames England for all future in my view. Europe's first "modern man" and state leader terrified especially England with it's extreme class and feudal system. England was a willing instrument, economically and morally supported by the ancient nobility of Europe who had everything to loose with the novel ideas coming from France in the late 18th century. England, as Europe's only country still hasn't a proper democracy, even today.
gunande 1 year ago
@gunande If you are such an expert on class issues, where did you obtain that form of a knowlege? Were you the only one in the neighbourhood that had the money to go to university? Are you looking down on those that did not come along for the ride? How is that for a novel idea?
......and if the United States is an example of democracy, what was the deal with the America First Movement? They were the actual Government of that country....surely not to happen again.
pc0sence 7 months ago
@gunande The Portugese were also instrumental in getting the job done. It may be that they did not even need the help from Wellington, but they got even less from the Americans. What happened to Mr Madison's War? Mr Madison made a decision that was one knotch better than the watergatecoverupthingy.
pc0sence 7 months ago
@gunande we invented the engine the plane and weapons to keep the foreigners in check and are rich in trade.
common folk with funny accents who make Brittan Grate and when I say common I mean English common having the worlds greatest highest standards we dont accept poor quality only the finest.
Cladenny 1 year ago
@gunande eye sight blue green grey hazel light brown mixed colors and all other manner of eye colors would be perfect and look good let alone different natural hair coolers yellow, blond, white, orange light red, brown, ginger extr Are you jealous? Or are you just going to announce something your supposed feel.
Cladenny 1 year ago
Ahh...this sketch is rather greeeeat.
Notebooked 1 year ago
Amazing how even a children's educational sketch can bring out such immaturity on Youtube. Nice going guys.
eveningtsar 1 year ago
You mean the big girls?! xD
Illusenfan35 1 year ago
"Uncomfortable boots"
When marching, Scott and his men wore "finnesko", a soft boot made of reindeer hide. THE SAME AS "that Norwegian" (Amundson) DID.
When on skis, both teams wore an early sort of "ski boot" most of which were modified on an individual basis according to the wearer's preferences.
XavierNinnis 1 year ago 2
RE "poor quality horses unsuited for Antarctic etc.",
Let us remember, barely five years earlier Shackleton had made the largest single advance in history toward either Pole (less than 100 miles from the South Pole) using ONLY horses. (Scott used BOTH dogs & horses).
XavierNinnis 1 year ago
In fairness, Oates did moan about the quality of the ponies - and one of the sledges *did* have runners that stuck to the ice, it's there in the Journals (at first Scott thought the loads were unequal, as one sledge was making far better progress than the other!) As for the insufficient food supplies, well yes. Not a good idea to take five men on a trip designed for four.
Get your point about the boots, though I'd forgive it purely for the hilarious line delivery - these guys are terrific!
VanDee2008 1 year ago
Stop swearing people :@
XxLi3rose123xX 1 year ago
"Six, sir!!" *neiiigh!* *thud* "Better make that five!"
monkayfeesh 1 year ago 2
Mate, you have to understand that these boys were pioneers and that was the only equipment that was available at the time. Man's need to discover and learn is what drove these people on. They didn't just say well we ain't got ideal equipment lets not bother. That's what set these blokes apart from the rest.
Kristnt 1 year ago 4
I agree with them there, about "all this top notch equipment makes it too easy" the more basic it is the more adventure your having hahar
Samothedesert 2 years ago
Know who?
eilislorna 2 years ago
i know him i do lol
samilaz3 2 years ago
Seeing previous pioneers makes me appreciate the invention of plastics which produces far better clothing, food packaging and equipment for Antarctic exploration
StephenETavington 2 years ago 2
Best clothing/gear used by Inuit peoples to this day.Read of Roald Amundsen.He listened/learned, arrogant Brits died.The best petroleum based fabrics have poor breathablity.Ice crystals freeze pores and one becomes wet from sweat.They are thin and not very abrasion resistant.Any prepackaged foods are heavy and run out.Seal, fish, and polar bear are best source of fat/protein.Sleds with modern materials can't have parts replaced in field, native sleds can be repaired with scavenged materials.
6hauptman6 2 years ago
@6hauptman6 First, try reading someone who has actually been there, such as Fiennnes, rather than taking as gospel, Huntford's partisan ax grinding.
Second, credit certainly to First Peoples such as the Inuit, who managed to find a way to survive in such a climate with the tools available, but all your romantic nonsense is just that, nonsense. In fact, the natives switched over to modern fabrics once they had advanced to the point that they were an IMPROVEMENT over their traditional materials.
XavierNinnis 1 year ago
Nonsense. One thing the Eskimos dare not do while wearing their furs/skins clothing is ...sweat. You CANNOT avoid sweating while you are trying to pull a 200 pound sledge ...even when it's 40 degrees below.
digglyda 1 year ago
What a load of twoddle. It's a complete myth that Scott wasn't prepared. People who are tring to teach should do their research before unleashing these ignorant, ridiculous lies. Scott and his team were a great credit to the British. Don't believe everthing you see on TV.
philc1983 2 years ago
but u have 2 understand that history isnt all glorious i mean this is genuine equipment scott took 2 the antarctic
TheLeivo 2 years ago 2
Sorry, gortex had not been invented yet. What is astounding and impressive is that they went with the gear they did, the technology they did and achieved as much as they did. A testament to the men more than the technology. Amundsen the same. Shackleton also. When you look at the technology compared to the task it was very impressive. The glory is in the human spirit (as it says on the cross dedicated to Scott and his men) "to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield."
WC3POchannel10A 2 years ago 6
u should know better 4 a 26 year year old :(
joking lol:P
TheLeivo 2 years ago
Obviously humor from the Roland Huntford history school.
WC3POchannel10A 2 years ago 4
@philc1983
For Amundsen and his team it was a walk in the park. Scott and his men perished. Of course Scott was ill prepared. And worse, he was ill prepared because of the well known traditional arch-English arrogance and racisme, a self inflicted death sentence (well deserved) in the Antarctic. Scott represented the old world, feudalism, slavery and cruel British imperialism and died. The world is a much better place because cretins like Scott died and true heroes like Amundsen prevailed.
gunande 1 year ago
@gunande
well, one have to remember, that Scott went there twice, and the first, not funded by him expedition was a huge succes. The Discovery's one.
Because of those "arch-English arrogance and racisme" of the british scientist who went on Discovery humanity knew so much more about bot Antarctic and Earth in total, not because of professianal arctic traveller Amundsen ^^
LeeNTien 1 year ago
@gunande Haw has racism got anything to do with going to the north pole just cause white skin is better suited fore cold conditions and smart intelligence to be creative and solve problems in challenging environments and natural strength and resilience.
Cladenny 1 year ago
Matthew Baynton is the best one. :D
BoundlessFreedom 2 years ago
scott´s an idiot
magicianoflove24 2 years ago
You're an idiot, who is insignificant when it comes to the like of Captain Scott.
Kristnt 1 year ago 3
shut up
magicianoflove24 1 year ago
Shit come back, kid.
Kristnt 1 year ago
you son of a bitch
magicianoflove24 1 year ago
A much better effort for someone who is obviously very thick, but ya still a fucking twat.
Kristnt 1 year ago
LOL They use the opposite things to the other team XD I love this show! If I miss an episode then I go to BBC IPlayer. I LOVE HORRIBLE HISTORIES!!
aimz63 2 years ago
scoot was a new zealander.
Just like me except i never died or got beaten by a norwegian
WHATSTA09 2 years ago 2
new zealand is one of the nicest countries in world
lol 'i never died or got beat by a norwegian'
TheLeivo 2 years ago 2
coz you aint done fuck all.
Kristnt 1 year ago
Pure Hilarity
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dim432 2 years ago
And he didn't have a fight a giant electric penguin!
Tareltonlives 2 years ago
You mean a ten foot electric penguin with tentacles!
WC3POchannel10A 2 years ago 2
And he stabs in the wings and the blood can go spurting out PSSSSSH in slow motion!
Tareltonlives 2 years ago
See Lt. Oates lose her clothes while chased by giant teeth and running into Antarctic cactus!
WC3POchannel10A 2 years ago 2
I love this show!
thebeautywithin678 2 years ago 2
i have an outfit like that haha xxxxx
Charlottedown99100 2 years ago
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eduard007best 2 years ago
that list of Equipment where the only things them two carried but what happened to them? well not only they lost the race agents the norigans but died in a bliizard i know what your thinking it is Horrible Hisotries but its true
dim432 2 years ago
Oh gods I love the voices.
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dim432 2 years ago
actually we weren't thick at all! everything was based on the science of the time and unfortunatly now we are looking back with almost 100 years hindsight and its clouding our judgement.
oh - and we had dogs!!! Meares ran them and later Cherry and Dimitri took them to lay extra rations at the one ton depot for the returning polor party.
also - i wouldnt have liked to see the dogs on beardmore glacier.
not only that, bad luck such as the paraffin creeping and the blizzard happened!
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loulou629 2 years ago
Wow, we British were so thick back then.
SimuRei 2 years ago 16
I'm English but I have to agree lol
RockyBiscuits 2 years ago
Maybe, but in 100 years time we'll be called thick!
craftylaura 2 years ago
"We British were so thick back then"? We shaped the modern fucking world. Not that thick.
Kristnt 1 year ago
Dude, I'm British myself. I was only kidding around.
You must wonder why they thought all that gear was suitable though.
SimuRei 1 year ago
@SimuRei thats what makes britton so Grate
Cladenny 1 year ago
@SimuRei i know! sometimes I think we still are...
HogwartsnJacksgirl 1 year ago
@SimuRei ...back then?
Dameren 1 year ago
@SimuRei Not thick, just pompous and self-assured.
DeepSixed300 1 year ago
fantastic
runbutyoucanthide 2 years ago 2
aww poor men :D
goldenducky23 2 years ago 2