It seems that poor diet was the reason behind the sad demise of Captain Scott and his team on the expedition to the South Pole. It was told that the team had equipped themselves with almost everything but with a diet full on protein and short of fat, thereby making it not the ideal stuff to gorge on.

It was in the year 1910 that Captain Robert Falcon Scott had aimed to become the first man to visit the South Pole and he sailed through the whaling ship Terra Nova from Cardiff. They had battled through range of tough conditions in between which some or the other way affected them too.

"There has been much speculation about what Scott died of. Almost certainly his death was due to chronic and extreme emaciation”, said lead researcher Dr Lewis Halsey, from the University of Roehampton in London.

Apparently, only Scott and four other members were left in the expedition, thereby showing how tough it could have been for them to face the tough weather conditions. However, they were in for a shock as when they reached there, they found that another party had crossed them already.

The findings of the study are expected to be showcased at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology in Salzburg, Austria.