Scott of the Antarctic, Oates and Amundsen - see statues and memorials and quotations

 

SCOTT of the Antarctic film poster

Robert Falcon Scott

Statue in New Zealand

Plaque under statue

Scott plaque, Christchurch, New Zealand. Photo by DR G WILD in Wikipedia.

The plaque reads:

ROBERT FALCON SCOTT

CAPTAIN ROYAL NAVY

WHO DIED RETURNING FROM THE SOUTH POLE 1912

WITH A E WILSON  H R BOWERS L E COATES E EVANS

I DO NOT REGRET THIS JOURNEY WHICH SHOWS 

THAT ENGLISHMEN CAN ENDURE HARDSHIPS 

HELP ONE ANOTHER AND MEET DEATH WITH

AS GREAT FORITUDE AS EVER IN THE PAST

SCOTT'S DIARY

Oates

Plaque in London, England

Plaque in Leeds, England

The plaque reads:

LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES

OF MEANWOODSIDE IN THIS PARISH

Amundesen

A succinct account of his life is in Find A Grave.

 A monument to Amundsen is at Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway.

Useful Websites 

Shackleton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton

Amundsen

Raold Amundsen at Find A Grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20956/_

Scott

About the Author

See Memorials to Captain Oates who famously said: I may be (gone) some time

'I may be some time,' said Captain Oates as he left the tent and walked out into a blizzard in the Antarctic in 1912. He had been in charge of the horses pulling the sled of supplies for the team led by Scott of The Antarctic. (Scott of the Antarctic was the name of the film about them). 

A memorial to captain Oates was placed on the Cavalry Club which merged with another club to become what is now called the Cavalry and Guards club, in Central London, near Hyde Park Corner underground tube station and Green park tube station. 

1912 was not a good year for journeys through ice. Up north, the Titanic went down in ice in March.

Far from being regarded as a tragedy, like Dunkirk in WW2, the story was turned into one of resolution and courage in the face of adversity.

In WWI, 1914-18, one hundred thousand soldiers facing the hardships and dangers of the trenches, were told the story and shown the famous photo of the expedition, as an example of stoic courage.

To end on a happier note, my husband, Trevor, knows a member of the Cavalry and Guards Club and they had lunch for two, together in September 2020. (Now as I write on October 11th, 2020, a maximum of six people at a table is the rule, due to Covid-19 regulations) and he said it was a very fine club with fine food and excellent service. I have asked him, on his next visit to the club, to take a photo  of the plaque for you to see.

Useful Websites

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8827537/US-plans-open-travel-corridor-NYC-London-time-holidays-report-says.html

https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/captain-lawrence-oates-antarctic-tragedy/

About the Author

Angela Lansbury

Homes of the Famous in the USA, UK, Europe : authors, presidents, singers

AMERICA

ALABAMA - HARPER LEE - SCOTT FITZGERALD - HANK WILLIAMS SNR
(To Kill A Mockingbird)
Literary capital of Alabama is Monroeville, which has a trail based on the books To Kill A Mockingbird and Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee. (See more details in my previous post.)
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald Museum in the last house occupied by Scott Fitzgerald and wife Zelda.
Hank Williams Snr's home in Georgiana.

CALIFORNIA - JACK LONDON -
(Call of the Wild)
http://jacklondonpark.com/jack-london-directions.html
I also went to Hearts Castle but didn't feel I learned much about Hearst, just about the venue.

COLORADO - MOLLY BROWN
Molly Brown, heroine of the Titanic
Molly Brown House, Pennsylvania Avenue, Denver. I felt I learned about her house, but not about the Titanic.

CONNECTICUT - MARK TWAIN HOUSE - NOAH WEBSTER
NOAH WEBSTER HOUSE, West Hartford  (The Schoolmaster of America, wrote Webster's dictionary, reformed British English and created American spelling.)

FLORIDA - ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Author
Ernest Hemingway home and museum, Key West

GEORGIA - MARTIN LUTER KING JNR home
Atlanta, Georgia.

ILLINOIS - ABRAHAM LINCOLN -
(Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Springfield)

MARYLAND - CLARA BARTON
(America's Florence Nightingale)

MASSACHUSETTS - CLARA BARTON Homestead (founder of American Red Cross)

MISSOURI - Mark Twain birthplace, Florida, Missouri.

PENNSYLVANIA - EDGAR ALLEN POE (Philadelphia)

TENNESSEE - ELVIS PRESLEY - JIM REEVES
(Elvis, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee)
(Jim Reeves, Nashville, Tennessee)

VIRGINIA - THOMAS JEFFERSON (Monticello) - GEORGE WASHINGTON (Mount Vernon)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello

Edgar Allen Poe Museum, Richmond

WEST VIRGINIA - PEARL S BUCK Birthplace, Hillsboro

NORTH, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
MEXICO - KARL MARX.

MORE IN AMERICA
See real life and online Halls of fame - eg music, baseball; more places connected with Edgar Allen Poe, Elvis. Cemeteries such as the one with the statue of Al Jolson. Graves of Wild West folk heroes. Jewish Museums. Battlefields and wartime heroes and leaders. Songwriters. Car manufactures. Coca Cola, Hershey, Pizza. Painters. Founders of railways. Owners of departments stores and newspapers (Hearst in California). Food factories and drink: Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Vermont.

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EUROPE
AUSTRIA - MOZART birthplace, Salzburg.
BELARUSSIA - CHAGALL.
DENMARK - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN Museum, Odense.
FINLAND - SIBELIUS museum.
FRANCE - CHAGALL. ZOLA/DREYFUS (Medan). PROUST trail.
GERMANY - BEETHOVEN (Bonn.)
IRELAND George Bernard SHAW birthplace museum, Dublin.
ISRAEL BIALIK museum, Tel Aviv. (Playwright, also established Hebrew as the national language, because it was the classical language of the bible, close to Aramaic and Arabic, although I would prefer Yiddish, more modern and fun, like German with a sense of humour, told by a comedian.)
ITALY - PUCCINI home, opera. Statue of the man with the cigar which no doubt killed him.

NETHERLANDS - ANNE FRANK HOUSE, Amsterdam; REMBRANDT.
NORWAY - IBSEN museum, Oslo.
POLAND - CHOPIN birthplace. (Also huge monument in Warsaw is passed by tours.)
SPAIN - DALI.
SWEDEN - JIM REEVES. STRINDBERG museum.
Jim Reeves Museum
http://www.jimreeves.se/Jim_Reeves_Museum_Sweden/Om_oss.html
UK - BRONTES; BYRON; Capt'n COOK; DAHL; D H LAWRENCE; T E LAWRENCE (of Arabia); FREUD; JIMI HENDRIX; HANDEL; KEATS; Beatrix POTTER; WORDSWORTH; SHAKESPEARE
Jimi Hendrix museum (opened 2016) and Handel museum (adjacent) in London, England. (See my previous post in this blog.)
Freud Museum, London.
Keats Museum, London.
Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford upon Avon; theatre in London, bust in church in London.
Also see Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, London.
Captain Cook birthplace, Marton, N Yorkshire.
Bronte Museum, Yorkshire.
CROMWELL Museum, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
Milton's Cottage, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks.
Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, Buckinghamshire.
Beatles Story, Liverpool.

WALES DYLAN THOMAS Boathouse and two more museums.
SCOTLAND - BURNS; SCOTT; DAVID LIVINGSTON (Dr Livingston, I presume?)
Sir Walter Scotts House, Waverley.
N IRELAND & Ireland:
George Bernard SHAW birthplace museum, Dublin.
JAMES JOYCE.
YEATS.

AFRICA - MANDELA
Home of Nelson Mandela, Soweto; also Robben Island. (More about Mandela in the Jewish museum. A Jewish friend bought a farm for Mandela to hide.)

ASIA
CHINA - SUN YAT SEN home, Shanghi. Also Hong Kong.
INDIA MAHATMA GANDHI Museum, Delhi. (Includes his polite letter to Hitler.)
THAILAND - Jim Thompson house, Bangkok. (American born Silk King.)

AUSTRALASIA
NEW ZEALAND KATHERINE MANSFIELD HOUSE.

MORE IN UK
Burns in Scotland; Wilberforce in Hull; JANE AUSTEN in Bath; DICKENS in London; ROTHSCHILD; ISRAELI; SASSOON.

More information from:
http://experience.usatoday.com/america/story/best-of-lists/2015/10/05/50-state-famous-americans-homes-museums/73410480/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Barton_Homestead
https://www.noahwebsterhouse.org/visiting/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Birthplaces_of_individual_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen_Museum
http://gandhimuseum.org
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/ (Hull's Wilberforce Museum)
http://www.maisonzola-museedreyfus.com/uk/zola_uk.html
(Tourist Boards and citizens, if you have any suggestions please send them to me.)
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, researcher, author, speaker.

International Museum day is May 18.
Angela Lansbury, B A Hons, CL, ATG, author, researcher, travel writer and photographer, speaker.