Robert Falcon Scott
English explorer (1868-1912). During multiple trips to Antarctica, Robert Falcon Scott conducted scientific study and exploration. In 1911, he competed with Roald Amundsen to be the first person to reach the South Pole. He arrived at the pole a month after Amundsen. Unfortunately, he did not survive the bitter-cold conditions during his return journey.
Robert Falcon Scott in Antarctica. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-5993, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633371/)
Captain Scott's ship, the Terra Nova. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-36616, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633381/)
An ice formation in Antarctica. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-42182, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633382/)
People and dogs aboard the Terra Nova, which Captain Scott sailed to Antarctica in the British Antarctic Expedition. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-42180, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633385/)
Robert Falcon Scott in his hut in Antarctica. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-12998, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633378/)
Dr. Edward Wilson, a scientist, who was in the party that went to the South Pole. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-42185, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633376/)
An ice formation in Antarctica. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-10029, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633367/)
Captain Scott and his colleagues, having reached the South Pole in 1912. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-8744, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633365/)
People and dogs in Antarctica, part of Captain Scott's British Antarctic Expedition. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-30155, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633380/)
The Terra Nova in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-16501, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633366/)
A mother and calf Weddell seal in Antarctica. (Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-10028, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009633373/)
A map of Robert Falcon Scott's journey to the South Pole, published in the book "Scott's Last Expedition" in 1923. (National Library of Scotland, https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland/6725778665/in/album-72157629721701492/)
A map comparing Scott and Amundsen's routes to the South Pole, published in "A Very Gallant Gentleman" in 1933. (National Library of Scotland, https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland/6805997997/in/album-72157629721701492/)
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