Thaw reveals Robert Scott's century-old notebook

A photographic notebook from Robert Scott's ill-fated Antarctic expedition has been found after a century trapped in the ice of the frozen continent, France 24 reports, citing New Zealand's Antarctic Heritage Trust.

It belonged to scientist George Murray Levick and was discovered outside Scott's 1911 Terra Nova base during last year's summer ice melt.

Writing in the notebook remains legible but the binding has been dissolved by years of ice and water damage, the trust's executive director Nigel Watson said.

"It's an exciting find. The notebook is a missing part of the official expedition record," he said.

"After spending seven years conserving Scott’s last expedition building and collection, we are delighted to still be finding new artefacts.

He said the pages of the notebook were taken to New Zealand and individually preserved, then given new binding and returned to Antarctica, where the trust is working to preserve five sites used by explorers Scott, Ernest Shackleton and Edmund Hillary.

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