Robert Falcon Scott

Robert Falcon Scott was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer who led the Terra Nova expedition and died on its return journey from the South Pole in 1912.

Terra Nova expedition: A British Antarctic expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott from 1910 to 1913. Scott’s final expedition reached the South Pole and ended with his death on the return journey.
Roald Amundsen: A Norwegian polar explorer who led the first successful expedition to the geographic South Pole. Amundsen reached the pole before Scott and returned safely using a different approach.
Antarctic plateau: The high, ice-covered interior of Antarctica, including the route to the geographic South Pole. Scott’s polar party crossed this elevated terrain on its way to and from the pole.
Edward Wilson: A British physician, naturalist, and expedition artist who accompanied Scott to Antarctica. Wilson joined Scott’s polar party and died with him in 1912.
The Worst Journey in the World: A 1922 book by Apsley Cherry-Garrard about Scott’s Terra Nova expedition. Cherry-Garrard’s account helped establish the expedition’s hardship and tragedy in public memory.
Discovery expedition: The British Antarctic expedition of 1901–1904, led by Robert Falcon Scott. Scott’s first Antarctic command established his reputation as an explorer.
Amundsen's South Pole expedition: The Norwegian expedition that reached the South Pole on 14 December 1911. Its success preceded Scott’s arrival and sharpened comparisons of planning, transport, and survival.
Sastrugi: Hard ridges of snow shaped by wind that impede travel across polar ice. These ridges slowed sledging and made Scott’s return route more difficult.
Henry Robertson Bowers: A British naval officer and Antarctic explorer who joined Scott’s polar party. Bowers was among the five men who reached the pole and died on the return journey.
Scott's Last Expedition: The published journals and records of Scott’s final Antarctic expedition, issued in 1913. Scott’s diaries became the central first-person source for the expedition’s final weeks.

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