A photo taken by George Wehrley of Penarth of Captain Scott and Officers aboard the 'Terra Nova' in 1910. [025] [151] image - G. Wehrley & Co., 97 Glebe Street, Penarth, S. Wales. [395]

On arriving at the geographical South Pole in January 1912, Scott and his party discovered they had been beaten by the Norwegians, led by Roald Amundsen. On the return trek back to base camp, the expedition became ill-fated and all members of the expedition perished in 1912. The "Terra Nova" returned to Cardiff three years later and continued to support polar exploration until she was lost in 1943 when on a supply mission to aid an Arctic expedition. More recently, there are claims that the remains of the ship have been located off the coast of Greenland.