Clements Markham
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Sir Clements Robert Markham was an English geographer, explorer and writer. He was secretary of the Royal Geographical Society between 1863 and 1888, and later served as the Society's president for a
Markham in 1905
Collingwood, Markham's first ship
Markham as a naval cadet in 1844, aged 14
A modern photograph of the graves discovered at Beechey Island in 1850
Robert Falcon Scott
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Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a British naval officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904 and the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910–1913.
Clements Markham
…latter capacity he was mainly responsible for organising the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1904, and for launching the polar career of Robert Falcon Scott. Markham began his career as a Royal Navy cadet and midshipman, during which time he went to the Arctic with HMS Assistance in one of the many searches…
Scott in 1905
Scott as a naval cadet, 1882
HERE WAS BORN IN 1868 AND IN HIS BOYHOOD RESIDED ROBERT FALCON SCOTT, CAPTAIN, R.N., WHO DIED IN THE ANTARCTIC, MARCH 1912 AFTER REACHING THE SOUTH POLE.
Portrait of Scott by John Thomson, c. 1900