The British explorer may have been beaten to the South Pole, but the experiments he conducted along the way changed science forever. What Robert Falcon Scott achieved, says author Edward Larson ...

Robert Falcon Scott kept detailed notes about his expedition to the South Pole, beginning with preparations in New Zealand in late 1910 and ending with the last entry, written shortly before he ...

Captain Robert Falcon Scott and four of his men reached the geographic South Pole on January 18, 1912, only to meet with disappointment in the form of a tent and a Norwegian flag. Scott and his ...

100 Years since Amundsen beat Scott to the pole. Dec. 18, 2011 — -- On December 14, 1911, a five-man Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen became the first explorers to reach the South Pole ...

Soundly beaten in a race to the South Pole, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his companions froze to death in 1912 as they struggled homeward. Scott’s moving account of the expedition ...

Robert Falcon Scott: rare pictures from his South Pole race. Some rare photographs from the archives of the Scott Polar Research Institute.

A collection of skis, photos, scientific instruments and other relics from Capt. Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole have sold at auction for more than 370,000 pounds ...

It is 100 years since British explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott set off on his ill-fated journey to be the first man to reach the South Pole. CNN values your feedback 1.

The death of Robert Falcon Scott as he returned from the South Pole may partly have been the result of the actions of his own colleagues which were later hushed up, a new book claims. In it, Chris ...

Just over a hundred years ago, Roald Amundsen and four companions were the first human beings to stand at the South Pole. Using skis and dog sleds they beat Robert Falcon Scott’s British expedition by ...

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