Captain Scott and his team man-hauled sledges and trekked on foot to the South Pole -- a journey of about 750 miles over an unmapped ice sheet, from sea level to more than 10,000 feet above sea level at the South Pole.
Robert Falcon Scott did not affect the South Pole.
Robert Falcon Scott and his team traveled using a technique called man-hauling: trekking while pulling a loaded sledge.
Actually, Robert Falcon Scott did not survive his trek to the South Pole: he perished on his return.
The South Pole.
Robert Falcon Scott took 19 ponies with him on his ill-fated South Pole expedition.
Sir Robert Falcon Scott set out on his journey to the South Pole in 1910 as part of the Terra Nova Expedition.
Robert Falcon Scott was 43 years old when he reached the South Pole on January 17, 1912.
Robert Falcon Scott
No, Robert Falcon Scott was not successful in his famous expedition to reach the South Pole. He and his team reached the Pole in 1912, but they died on the return journey.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott won Great Britain the prize for being the first to reach the south pole in 1910.
Roald Amundsen beat Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole.
Captain Scott always set out for the South Pole.