The Discovery Expedition, formally the British National Antarctic Expedition, was led by Robert Falcon Scott in the ship Discovery, and it was the first British expedition to Antarctica in the twentieth century. It was organised by the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society, and combined exploration with scientific research in geology, biology, meteorology and magnetism. The expedition wintered in the Ross Sea region, near Hut Point on Ross Island, and Scott, Edward Wilson and Ernest Shackleton made a sledge journey south that set a record for the farthest south. Shackleton was sent home ill. The expedition returned after the ship was freed from ice with help from relief ships, and it gave Scott the experience that led to his later Terra Nova expedition.
Before and after
- 8 November 1900Birth of Margaret Mitchell
- 30 November 1900Death of Oscar Wilde
- 14 December 1900Max Planck introduces the quantum
- 20 December 1900Discovery of 21P/Giacobini–Zinner
- from 1901 to 1904Discovery Expedition (1901-1904)
- 1901Discovery of europium
- from 1901 to 1910Edwardian era
- 1 January 1901Founding of Australia
- 22 January 1901Death of Victoria
More in Exploration & discovery
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- from 5 June 1799 to 1 January 1804Alexander von Humboldt begins his American expedition
- 22 August 1812Burckhardt rediscovers Petra
- from 19 May 1845 to 1 January 1848Franklin's lost expedition
- from August 1907 to March 1909British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909)
- from 1 June 1910 to 14 June 1913Terra Nova Expedition
The era
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