Scott, Sir Robert Falcon
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Scott, Sir Robert Falcon (1868–1912). Scott had entered the navy as a boy in 1880 and by 1897 was a lieutenant and torpedo officer. He was noticed by Sir Clements Markham whose influence led to his appointment as leader of the Royal Geographical Society and Royal Society Antarctic Expedition of 1901–4. Now famous, Scott was chosen to lead an official expedition in 1910 in the
Terra Nova to get a party to the South Pole. Scott led four others who reached the Pole on 18 January 1912 only to find that Amundsen had preceded them there by just over a month. All five eventually perished on the horrendous walk back to their base.
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Mr. Ramsay, Robert Falcon Scott, and heroic death.(Essay)
Magazine article from: Mosaic (Winnipeg); 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...placing his journey in the historical context of Robert Falcon Scott's fatal expedition to the South Pole and in the...convention of triumphant defeat that was perfected by Robert Falcon Scott in the narratives he constructed of his own death...
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The story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott.
Magazine article from: Appleseeds; 2/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; In 1911, Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his men plodded across...first. Disappointed, Scott and his men set out on...On March 29, 1912, Scott wrote in his diary...getting weaker ..." Robert Scott and the men with...
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Pilgrims on the Ice: Robert Falcon Scott's First Antarctic Expedition.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...T.H. Pilgrims on the Ice: Robert Falcon Scott's First Antarctic Expedition...instead a book solely about the first Scott expedition because Baughman believes...and deserves a wide audience. ROBERT ERWIN JOHNSON Tuscaloosa, Ala...
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Robert Falcon Scott sailed with over 1,200 books for Antarctic expedition
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 12/26/2007; 445 words
; ...and Antarctic explorer, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, was carrying more than 1,200...RSS Discovery. He revealed that Scott's library on the ship was stuffed...History of England, and Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels. Scott was...
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The hero who melted On Friday Christie's will auction items found beside the frozen body of Robert Falcon Scott on his ill-fated journey to the South Pole. Those who cling to his legend will bid for his goggles, his stove, even his biscuits. But no amount of Huntley & Palmer digestives can disguise the truth: that Scott was indecisive, incompetent and, when it came to eating huskies, surprisingly unadventurous
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...benefit descendants of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, a number of his relics will come...and then his son, Sir Peter Scott, kept in a suitcase in a bank...Well, why not? The last words Scott wrote in his journal were "For...
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Cold comfort. (The South Polar Times).(Robert Falcon Scott and the British National Antarctic Expedition/Marco Polo)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...National Antarctic Expedition, led by Commander Robert Falcon Scott, explored the Antarctic continent, gathering information...inspection by King Edward VII, on 6 August. Led by Robert Falcon Scott, it sailed first to New Zealand, from where it...
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Robert Falcon Scott.(explorer who died returning from South Pole in 1912)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 11/22/1999; 452 words
; When the expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole in January...planted. Having lost the race, Scott confided to his diary that "All...mile odyssey. History blamed Scott. But last week researchers from...
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Wretched weather sealed explorer's fate.(Robert Falcon Scott)
Magazine article from: Science News; 1/1/2000; ; 585 words
; ...their cold-hearted appraisals of Robert Falcon Scott, who lost the race to the South...Although scholars have often blamed Scott's poor planning, the explorer...Colo., and Stearns compared Scott's measurements--recovered...
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A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 1/1/1999; ; 297 words
; A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South Pole...odds. Presents fine insights in Scott's strength of character and how...events and coincidences compelled Scott and his four companions to attempt...
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Morgan's excellent adventure. (fictional character Morgan Lamont retraces Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1910 trip to the South Pole)
Magazine article from: Insight on the News; 3/20/1995; ; 614 words
; ...not think I can write more. R. Scott. Last entry. For God's sake...frozen fingers of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who in 1910 embarked on an 1...mile odyssey to the South Pole. Scott and the other members of the Terra...
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Robert Falcon Scott
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Robert Falcon Scott The English naval officer and polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) made monumental scientific findings in Antarctica, and his geographical discoveries were extensive. He failed in his attempt to be the first to...
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Scott, Robert Falcon
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Scott, Robert Falcon (1868–1912), British naval...Investigations, was equipped for this task. Scott was promoted commander and the expedition...journeys were made. On one of these Scott, accompanied by Dr E. A. Wilson and...
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Scott, Sir Robert Falcon
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Scott, Sir Robert Falcon (1868–1912). Scott had entered the navy as a boy in 1880 and by 1897 was a...exploratory work in the Ross Sea and Victoria Land region. Scott himself, with Shackleton , made a sledge journey to beyond...
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The Maltese Falcon
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
THE MALTESE FALCON USA, 1941 Director...Garretson; art director: Robert Haas; music: Adolph...York, 1966. Benayoun, Robert, John Huston, Paris...London, 1972. Sklar, Robert, Movie-Made America...Munich, 1985. Hammen, Scott, John Huston, Boston...
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Scott, Kathleen
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Scott, Kathleen (1878–1947). British portrait sculptor...and under Rodin , 1901–6. In 1908 she married Captain Robert Falcon Scott (Scott of the Antarctic), who died on his return from the South Pole in...
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