Robert Falcon Scott was born on 6 June 1868 in Devonport. He became a naval cadet at the age of 13 and served on a number of Royal Navy ships in the 1880s and 1890s. He attracted the notice of the ...
In the early 20th century the race was on to reach the South Pole. Robert Falcon Scott led the first British expedition. By the late 19th century, Antarctica was the last unexplored continent on earth ...
Captain Scott and Roald Amundsen both aimed to be the first to reach the South Pole in 1911. In 1911, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen both aimed to be the ...