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Cardiff's role in Captain Scott's trip to South Pole

Captain Robert Scott's legenday trip to the South Pole which claimed his life and that of four more explorers left from Cardiff 100 years ago this June.

His ship, the Terra Nova, sailed from the city's docks laden with Welsh coal, fuel, and supplies.

City business leaders got behind Scott and even helped him secure government backing for the expedition.

Now the famous masthead is at the centre of a Cardiff exhibition about the ill-fated trip.

Read entire article at BBC