The loss of Scott and his party overshadowed all else in the British public's mind, including Amundsen's feat in being first at the Pole.[152] For many years the image of Scott as a tragic hero, beyond reproach, remained almost unchallenged, for although there were rifts among some who were close to the expedition, including relatives of those who died, this disharmony was not public. There was no real change in public perceptions until the 1970s, by which time nearly all those directly concerned with the expedition were dead.[153]