R. F_ Scott, commanding the “Discovery,” a well equipped vessel manned by British navy officers and bearing a scientific staff of well qualified men directed a south polar expedition in which ...

“The expedition was nothing if not scientific,” Cherry-Garrard said. Shaun O'Boyle The goal of the “worst journey” was the penguin eggs. Herbert Ponting / Scott Polar Research ...

Layne Kennedy Explorer Robert Scott's hut at Cape Evans is one of three structures erected during polar expeditions between 1901 and 1915. A century later, wood fungi are feasting on these ...

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Robert Falcon Scott and his fellow explorers were given a farewell dinner before they left for the British Antarctic Expedition in June 1910. The lavish event was held in their honour at the Royal ...