Scott of the Antarctic

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We love adventurers and one of the best known ones has to be Robert Falcon Scott. Scott (June 6, 1868, to March 29, 1912) came second in the so-called 'Race to the South Pole', behind the Norwegian Roald Amundsen but he died, along with four companions, while trying to return to the safety of their base.

As a result, Scott has become the most famous tragic-hero of Antarctic exploration.

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Scott of the Antarctic

After his marriage to Kathleen Bruce in 1908, and the birth in 1909 of his only son, Peter, he embarked on his second polar expedition.

His ship, Terra Nova, left Lond...

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