Scott's expedition began in 1910. After a series of mishaps, by January 1912, only five of the team remained en route to the Pole: Scott, Wilson, Oates, Bowers and Evans.
Scott led the British National Antarctic Expedition with the goal of geographical exploration from a base on Ross Island in the Ross Sea. In 1902, Scott, Dr. Edward Wilson, and Ernest Shackleton ...
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 ...
The expedition - which included Ernest Shackleton - reached further south than anyone before them and Scott returned to Britain a national hero. He had caught the exploring bug and began to plan ...
Wilson was on the ill-fated polar Terra Nova expedition in 1912 with Scott, which ended in the tragic death of all the group after they were beaten to the South Pole. The owner has recently ...
Scott’s outstanding contribution to the UK and to science will be commemorated by the British Services Antarctic Expedition 2012 (BSAE2012), who will travel to the Peninsula Arm of Antarctica ...