Kathleen Scott & a Manchurian Pony

Here is Mrs. Kathleen Scott meeting one of the Manchurian Ponies that was heading down to the snow in 1910. Quail Island in Lyttelton Harbour was used as a training area for breaking in and getting these little sturdy fellas ready for the race to the South Pole. As a side note, Mrs Scott went …

Scott Statue Unveiled – 9th February 1917

On 9th February 1917, the Scott Statue was unveiled in the Scott Reserve – the south west corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace. The ceremony was led by New Zealand Governor Arthur Foljambe, the 2nd Earl of Liverpool. It hadn’t even been a week after the news of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s death in …