History of Antarctica
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The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term Antarctic, referring to the oppos
Painting of James Weddell's second expedition, depicting the brig Jane and the cutter Beaufoy
Admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was one of the first to spot the continent of Antarctica.
The Canadian-born oceanographer Dr John Murray was the driving force behind the renewal of interest in Antarctic exploration at the beginning of the 20th century.
Adrien de Gerlache, leader of the Belgian expedition
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.
History of Antarctica
…to being characteristic of the heroic age. The culmination of this era is considered to be the race to the South Pole achieved by Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott, which ended with Amundsen's conquest of the pole on 14 December 1911 and the death of Scott's group on the way back. The Shackleton-Rowett expedition…
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