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The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott , the expedition had various scientific and geographical objectives.
The expedition ship RRS Discovery in the Antarctic alongside the Great Ice Barrier, now known as the Ross Ice Shelf. The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843).
Expedition commander Carsten Borchgrevink taking a theodolite reading in front of the Southern Cross, 1899. The Southern Cross Expedition, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, was the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, and the forerunner of the more celebrated journeys of Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton.
Expeditions in Antarctica before the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, 1897. 1780s to 1839 – American and British whalers and sealers make incidental discoveries. 1819 – William Smith discovers South Shetland Islands), the first land discovered south of 60° south latitude
The photograph was taken by expedition leader Ernest Shackleton. The Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second time to the Continent.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. British Antarctic explorer (1868–1912) "Scott of the Antarctic" redirects here. For the film, see Scott of the Antarctic (film). Robert Falcon Scott Robert Falcon Scott in 1905 Born (1868-06-06) 6 June 1868 Plymouth, Devon, England Died c. 29 March 1912 (1912-03-29) (aged 43) Ross Ice ...
The Endurance22 Expedition will leave Cape Town, South Africa, on February 5 and travel to Antarctica. ... the only known surviving sledge from Sir Ernest’s British Antarctic Expedition of 1907 ...
Nevertheless, in February 1907, Shackleton presented to the Royal Geographical Society his plans for an Antarctic expedition, the details of which, under the name British Antarctic Expedition, were published in the RGS newsletter, Geographical Journal. [18] The aim was the conquest of both the geographical South Pole and the South Magnetic Pole.