Navigation technologies in the age of Heroic Exploration included sextants, theodolites and other celestial navigation tools.
On December 25, 2011, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team were trekking to the South Pole.
Sir Robert Falcon Scott never returned from Antarctica. He died there on his return trek from stepping foot at the South Pole, it is estimated on about March 29, 1912.
Rich is relative. Sir Robert Falcon Scott raised money for his second expedition to Antarctica: he could not afford to pay for it from his own funds. His father owned a brewery, so Scott enjoyed a comfortable childhood. His adult life, however, was full of financial hardship.
Robert Falcon Scott CVO (6 June 1868 - 29 March 1912) was an English Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition and the Terra Nova Expedition, during which Captain Scott died. Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE (15 February 1874 - 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish explorer who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
No.Sir Earnest Shackleton with his companions, members of the Discovery Expedition, however, trekked to 88°23'S, sometimes called 'Farthest South'. This became a measure that Sir Scott felt he must surpass, in order to 'win' as he captained his second expedition nearly 10 years later, aboard the Terra Nova..
Sir Robert Falcon Scott was born on June 6, 1868.
Sir Robert Falcon Scott was born on June 6, 1868.
Sir Robert Falcon Scott died on March 29, 1912 at the age of 43.
Robert Falcon Scott died on 29 February 1913.
Sir Robert Falcon Scott died on March 29, 1912 at the age of 43.
Sir Robert Falcon Scott was born on June 6, 1868 and died on March 29, 1912. Sir Robert Falcon Scott would have been 43 years old at the time of death or 147 years old today.
Scott of the Antarctic's name is Sir Robert Falcon Scott. :)
Because that was his occupation
Sir Robert Falcon Scott died on Antarctica in March of 1912, and did not return.
2nd September 1908 in a shower
It may have been a 'bad day' for some, but was not noted as such for Sir Robert Falcon Scott.
Yes, they were Antarctic explorers.