which appointed him to command the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904. The expedition - which included Ernest Shackleton - reached further south than anyone before them and Scott returned ...
was born in Plymouth and is nowadays referred to simply as "Scott of the Antarctic." Born in 1868, the former Royal Navy captain became a national hero when he set the new "furthest south" record ...
In the documentary, the expedition leader, Dr. John Shears, states that Shackleton had the ability to persuade Scott to take "a merchant marine all the way to the Antarctic" and appoint him as ...
Scott had claimed Shackleton had been carried ... His biggest test came in 1914 though, with the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. When his ship Endurance was trapped by pack ice and then ...
The Antarctic continent is cold, dark, and desolate for much of the year, so scientists want a cuddly feline companion to ...
Inevitably, in the effulgence of the Allied victory in the Second World War, a film was made. Charles Frend’s Scott of the Antarctic starring John Mills came out in 1948, complete with a score by ...
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Antarctic Exploration, in This Week’s Open ThreadOn this day in 1902, the Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica. The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the ...
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