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Jul 4, 2024 · A project led by the University of Southampton has created a ‘digital twin’ of RRS Discovery - the pioneering research vessel that first took explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton to Antarctica.
4 days ago · Led by Robert Falcon Scott, a Royal Navy torpedo lieutenant lately promoted commander, the expedition had objectives that included scientific and geographical discovery.
Jul 5, 2024 · In 1901, RRS Discovery helped launch the “Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration” when it took exploration luminaries like Robert Falcon Scott (who led the expedition) and Ernest Shackleton on their...
3 days ago · The British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04), led by British naval officer and explorer Robert Falcon Scott on board the Discovery, set a new record for reaching the farthest point south when Scott, together with Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest H. Shackleton and English explorer Edward A. Wilson, reached 82°17′ S on the Ross Ice Shelf ...
Jun 22, 2024 · The ship, one of Dundee’s best known landmarks, was purpose built to take explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott to the Antarctic in the early 1900s. Its rudder, which weighs nearly six tonnes...
Jul 3, 2024 · The history of the pioneering research vessel that first took explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton to Antarctica, is already well documented.
Jul 8, 2024 · Captain Robert Falcon Scott headed the British-run National Antarctic Expedition from 1901 to 1904, which generated scads of valuable geographic and biological data.
