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Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO, RN (6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912) was an English Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13. On the first expedition, he set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82°S and discovered the Polar Plateau, on which the South Pole is located. During the second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that they had been preceded by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition. On their return journey, Scott's party discovered plant fossils, proving Antarctica was once forested and joined to other continents. A planned meeting with supporting dog teams from the base camp failed, and at a distance of 150 miles from their base camp and 11 miles from the next depot, Scott and his companions died from a combination of exhaustion, starvation and extreme cold.
Before his appointment to lead the Discovery Expedition, Scott had followed the conventional career of a naval officer in the Royal Navy. In 1899, he had a chance encounter with Sir Clements Markham, the president of the Royal Geographical Society, thus learning of a planned Antarctic expedition, and soon volunteered to lead this expedition. Having taken this step, his name became inseparably associated with the Antarctic, the field of work to which he remained committed during the final twelve years of his life.
Coordinates: 90°S 0°W / 90°S -0°E / -90; -0
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole.
Situated on the continent of Antarctica, it is the site of the United States Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which was established in 1956 and has been permanently staffed since that year. The Geographic South Pole should not be confused with the South Magnetic Pole, which is defined based on the Earth's magnetic field.
For most purposes, the Geographic South Pole is defined as the southern point of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface (the other being the Geographic North Pole). However, the Earth's axis of rotation is actually subject to very small "wobbles" (polar motion), so this definition is not adequate for very precise work.
Terra Nova (literally "New Land" in Portuguese, Catalan and Latin) or Terranova (literally "New Land" in Italian) may refer to:
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The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. It was led by Robert Falcon Scott and had various scientific and geographical objectives. Scott wished to continue the scientific work that he had begun when leading the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic in 1901–04. He also wanted to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. He and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, where they found that the Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen had preceded them by 34 days. Scott's entire party died on the return journey from the pole; some of their bodies, journals, and photographs were found by a search party eight months later.
The expedition, named after its supply ship, was a private venture, financed by public contributions augmented by a government grant. It had further backing from the Admiralty, which released experienced seamen to the expedition, and from the Royal Geographical Society. The expedition's team of scientists carried out a comprehensive scientific programme, while other parties explored Victoria Land and the Western Mountains. An attempted landing and exploration of King Edward VII Land was unsuccessful. A journey to Cape Crozier in June and July 1911 was the first extended sledging journey in the depths of the Antarctic winter.
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Documentary in a series on great explorers covering Robert Falcon Scott.
This is a short history of Captain Scott and his ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition. His trip was the inspiration for Ben Saunders and the Scott Expedition. Ben Saunders is preparing for arguably the most ambitious polar journey in history - an 1800 mile unsupported return journey from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole retracing Captain Scott's footsteps. Subscribe to the Scott Expedition channel or visit www.scottexpedition.com to follow Ben and Tarka's preparation and journey. Tell us in the comments below if there is anything specific you would like to see and give Ben a shout of encouragement! SUBSCRIBE to ScottExpedition: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... LIKE ScottExpedition on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheScottExpe... FOLLOW ScottExpedition on Twitter: ht...
Captain Scott reaches the South Pole weeks after the Norwegians get there. Scott was idolised as a true British hero until the 1970's when his failings were documented. The truth is he had planned very badly and his party were doomed before he had even reached the Pole.
90 Degrees South (1933) is a documentary comprised of footage shot by Herbert Ponting during the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1912 led by Robert Falcon Scott. Copyright: National Film & Television Archive (UK) Index: 3:33 Introduction by Herbert Ponting and Edward Evans Heading South 7:23 packing the ship 8:26 on-board entertainment 8:33 leaving last port 11:04 haircuts 12:10 Terra Nova in a heavy gale 13:16 sighting of first iceberg 14:05 entering the pack-ice 16:00 icing the ship 16:37 Terra Nova's bow ramming through pack-ice 18:03 arriving in the Ross Sea Landing 20:42 unloading the ship 21:12 the ship's cat performing a trick 21:47 unloading with dog sledges 22:20 building the hut First summer 23:06 frost smoke 23:39 pancake ice 24:08 seals 27...
The discovery of Captain Scott's body in the Antarctic, in November 1912, started a global obsession with him as a man and an explorer. One mystery remains - why did he and his companions spend their last 10 days in a tent 17 kilometres from the relative safety of a large food and fuel depot? Watch author Richard Pierce speak about his own trip to the Antarctic in front of a packed Attenborough Studio at the Natural History Museum, and discover more about the men who inspired his first novel, Dead Men.
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Profile of Captain Robert Falcon Scott with Sir Ranulph Fiennes from Great British Explorers
Scott of the Antarctic is a docu-drama which captures the ill-fated final expedition to the South Pole in 1912 of British explorer Robert Scott. Sir Ranulph Fiennes is the author of Scott's biography 'Captain Scott' and reveals the trials and tribulations the beset Scott's infamous expedition to Terra Nova. Scott of the Antarctic is yours to own on DVD and Blu-Ray now. https://scnl.co/VClassics
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The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold ...
In 1911, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen went head to head to be the first to reach the South Pole. In the early 20th century, the race was on to reach the South Pole, with a number of explorers setting out to claim it for their own. In 1911, Britain’s Robert Falcon Scott and Norway’s Roald Amundsen went head to head to reach the Pole, and it was to prove a dramatic journey for both of them – ending in victory for Amundsen and tragedy for Scott.
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