Robert Falcon Scott

Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN (June 6, 1868 - March 29, 1912) was a British Naval officer and Antarctic explorer. Having narrowly failed to be the first to reach the South Pole, beaten by Roald Amundsen and his party, Scott and his party died on the Ross Ice Shelf whilst trying to return to the safety of their base. Scott has become the most famous hero of the "heroic age" of Antarctic exploration.

External links

• Southern Polar exploration - Robert Falcon Scott
• Secrets of the Dead - Tragedy at the Pole (PBS)
• South-Pole.com - a substantial resource of polar exploration accounts and memorabilia]

eBooks on Project Gutenberg

• {{gutenberg | no=14363 | name=The Worst Journey in the World, Volumes 1 and 2 Antarctic 1910-1913}} by Apsley Cherry-Gerard
• {{gutenberg | no=11579 | name=Scott's Last Expedition Volume I}} by Captain R. F. Scott