Members of the British Services Antarctic Expedition 2012, at the start of their own journey, yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of when Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated team reached the South Pole. The expedition is the first joint one mounted to the 'mainland' of the Antarctic Peninsula by British Armed Forces personnel. Click here to read more. [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012
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The Union Flag's being flown upside-down, is the expedition in distress?
Posted by: David Stacey | Thursday, 19 January 2012 at 02:48 PM
Well done for spotting! The team realised they made a mistake and corrected it, but not before they'd uploaded the photos, unfortunately. You can read more about it here:
https://www.facebook.com/BSAE2012/posts/261361850600835
Posted by: News Team | Friday, 20 January 2012 at 09:01 AM