Scott, Robert Falcon
Born: Jun 06, 1868 AD
Died: 1912 AD, at 43 years of age.
Nationality: British
Categories: Explorer, Naval Officer
Died: 1912 AD, at 43 years of age.
Nationality: British
Categories: Explorer, Naval Officer
1868 - Born on the 6th of June.
A Royal Naval officer and Antartic explorer.
1901 - Scott commanded the National Antarctic Expedition in Discovery.
1902 - After his discovery expedition returned to Antartica.
1908 - He married Kathleen Bruce on the 14th of September.
1910 - He left London and commensed his 2nd polar expedition on the 1st of June.
1912 - On 6the 29th of March, he died with four of his comrades on a tent due to frost bite and extreme blizzard.
Page last updated: 3:21am, 09th Dec '06
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