The Discovery expedition was one of the first official British explorations of the Antarctic. It launched the careers of Ernest Shackleton, Dr Edward Adrian Wilson and expedition leader Robert Falcon ...

After Shackleton's experience with the Endurance, he served in the British Army and continued his expeditions until his death in 1922. It can be argued that his previous Antarctic experiences ...

Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Discovery 1901-1904 Sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society, Scott led the British National Antarctic Expedition with the goal of geographical exploration from a ...

Antarctica's first sighting on January 28, 1820, by Russian explorers FF Bellingshausen and MP Lazarev marked the beginning ...

Members of the British Services Antarctic Expedition 2012 on Tuesday marked the 100th anniversary of the day Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated team reached the South Pole, as their own ...