Robert falcon scott early life
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Scott of the Antarctic ( - )
Captain Robert Falcon Scott in his sledging gear ©'Scott of the Antarctic' was a naval officer and explorer, who died attempting to be the first to reach the South Pole.
Robert Falcon Scott was born on 6 June in Devonport. He became a naval cadet at the age of 13 and served on a number of Royal Navy ships in the s and s. He attracted the notice of the Royal Geographical Society, which appointed him to command the National Antarctic Expedition of 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 an expedition to be the first to reach the South Pole. He spent years raising funds for the trip.
The whaling ship Terra Nova left Cardiff, Wales in June and the expedition set off from base the following October, with mechanical sledges, ponies and dogs. However, the sledges and ponies could not cope with the
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Robert Falcon Scott
British Antarctic explorer (–)
"Scott of the Antarctic" redirects here. For the film, see Scott of the Antarctic (film).
Captain Robert Falcon ScottCVO (6 June &#;– c.&#;29 March ) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of –04 and the Terra Nova expedition of –
On the first expedition, he set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82°S and discovered the Antarctic Plateau, on which the South Pole is located. On the second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January , less than fem weeks after Amundsen's South Pole expedition. On the return journey from the Pole, a planned meeting with supporting dog teams from the base camp failed, despite Scott's written instructions, and at a distance of miles (&#;km) from their base camp at Hut Point and approximately miles (&#;km) from the next depot, Scott and his companions died. When Sc
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Captain Robert Falcon Scott was the first British explorer to reach the South Pole and explore Antarctica extensively by land in the early s.
The celebrated explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (–) also famously took part in the race to claim the South Pole in , but sadly failed in his mission and died on his return journey.
Who was Captain Scott?
Robert Falcon Scott was an officer in the Royal Navy, who had joined his first ship when he was He was born in Devon and came from seafaring family, though his father ran a brewery. He married a sculptor named Kathleen Bruce in , and they had one son, Peter, who became a famous naturalist.
What were the Antarctic expeditions hoping to achieve?
The idea was to explore the part of Antarctica around the Ross Sea, discovered in by Sir James Clark Ross. Scott also wanted to find out more about the animals, weather and geology of the Antarctic. Dr Edward Wilson, the zoologist on both Scott's expeditions, collected embryos of emperor p