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Captain Scott sailed the Discovery from England to Antarctica in 1901 for his first Antarctic expedition.
Robert Falcon Scott died on the Antarctic continent as Captain of the Terra Nova expedition.
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He was 42 when the Terra Nova left for the Antarctic.
Captain Scott led two Antarctic expeditions; one of which left England in 1901 and the other in 1910.
Yes, it was the basis of much of the funding for each expedition.
The Discovery served as transit for the first expedition: Terra Nova, the second.
Robert Falcon Scott did not return from his second polar expedition: he died on the Antarctic continent. His first expedition, however, returned to Portsmouth docking on 10 September 1904.
Captain Scott was a British Naval Officer who is known for his exploration of the Antarctic Regions twice. He led an expedition to the South Pole in 1911, and perished there in 1912..
Raold Amundsen was first mate on the Belgica Expedition in 1897-99, known as the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, and so reached Antarctica before Captain Scott.
The ship was named Discovery.You can read more about the expedition by following the link, below.