Larson Edward J
Humanities Division, Seaver College, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263, USA.
Endeavour. 2011 Dec;35(4):129-36. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2011.08.001. Epub 2011 Nov 3.
One hundred years ago, teams led by Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott may have been heading in the same direction but they were poles apart in the way they sought their goals. Amundsen led a five-person team of expert Nordic skiers and dog-sledders with a single goal: getting to the South Pole first. He planned and executed the effort brilliantly. Scott, in contrast, led a complex and multi-faceted Antarctic expedition with 33 explorers and scientists, many of whom were focused on ambitious and often taxing scientific research projects that had nothing whatsoever to do with reaching the Pole. Although Scott failed to reach the South Pole first and died with four men on the return trip, his expedition made significant contributions to Antarctic science. Indeed, at least some of Scott's failure to reach the Pole first and the subsequent death of his polar party on the return trip can be attributed to burden of trying to do too much and not focusing on reaching the pole.
一百年前，罗尔德·阿蒙森和罗伯特·斯科特率领的队伍或许朝着同一个方向进发，但他们在追求目标的方式上却大相径庭。阿蒙森带领着一支由五名北欧滑雪和狗拉雪橇专家组成的队伍，目标只有一个：率先抵达南极点。他出色地规划并执行了这次行动。相比之下，斯科特率领了一支复杂且多方面的南极探险队，有33名探险家和科学家，其中许多人专注于雄心勃勃且往往艰巨的科研项目，这些项目与抵达南极点毫无关系。尽管斯科特未能率先到达南极点，并在返程途中与四名队员一同遇难，但他的探险队为南极科学做出了重大贡献。事实上，斯科特未能率先到达南极点以及他的极地探险队在返程途中随后死亡，至少部分原因可归咎于试图做太多事情而没有专注于抵达南极点所带来的负担。
