1912-01-17
Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition reached the South Pole, only to find that Roald Amundsen's team had beaten them by 33 days.
1912-11-12
Eight months after perishing during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, the bodies of Robert Falcon Scott (pictured) and his companions were discovered on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
1902-12-30
The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a new Farthest South point in Antarctica.