Antarctic Exploration, in This Week’s Open Thread
On this day in 1902, the Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica.
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Quest for the Pole: Historic Antarctic Land Journeys
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Discovery 1901-1904 Sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society, Scott led the British National Antarctic Expedition with the goal of geographical exploration from a ...
The snowy footprints of history at Antarctica’s Base Y & Horseshoe Island
On Gouldier Island, the huts at Port Lockroy were built in 1944 as part of a World War II mission. It continued to be used as ...
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The Antarctic collection
The Discovery expedition was one of the first official British explorations of the Antarctic. It launched the careers of Ernest Shackleton, Dr Edward Adrian Wilson and expedition leader Robert Falcon ...
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Scott of the Antarctic: Edgar Evans' reputation restored by wife, author says
Her book Widows of the Ice, The Women that Scott's Antarctic Expedition Left Behind ... then-Lieutenant Robert Falcon Scott. In 1901 Scott hand-picked Evans for his first polar mission aboard ...
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Australian conservator joins Antarctic odyssey
From the quiet confines of his conservation lab to the icy wilderness of Antarctica, a young conservator is about to head off ...
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When a Search Party Discovered the Frozen Body of a British Explorer Who Raced to the South Pole—and Lost
Captain Robert ... Scott and his crew weren’t the first people to reach the southernmost point on the planet. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team had beaten the British Terra Nova ...
Chilean president makes historic trip to South Pole
Gabriel Boric is the first leader in the Americas to visit the South Pole, stressing Chile's "Antarctic mission".
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KS2: Robert Falcon Scott
ROBERT SCOTT: Our expedition ended on the 29th March 1912 ... and food webs using animals found in the ocean around the Antarctic. You could also learn about the life cycles of polar animals ...
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Stamps release on the centenary of the Death of Sir Ernest Shackleton
His first journey south was in 1901, on the Antarctic expedition ship Discovery. Led by British naval officer Robert Falcon Scott, Shackleton and Edward Wilson trekked towards the pursuit for the ...
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Antarctic Exploration, in This Week’s Open Thread
On this day in 1902, the Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained ... figures in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Scott, Ernest Shackleton, Edward Wilson, ...