The Terra Nova Expedition was a British Antarctic expedition led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, and named after its ship. Its aims included scientific research as well as being the first to reach the South Pole. The party carried out important work in geology, meteorology and biology, including a winter journey to collect emperor penguin eggs. Scott and four companions reached the Pole to find that the Norwegian team of Roald Amundsen had arrived first. All five died on the return journey, from cold, hunger and exhaustion, and their bodies were found by a search party the following spring. The deaths turned Scott into a national hero in Britain, though later historians have debated the planning and leadership of the expedition.
Before and after
- 12 May 1910Birth of Dorothy Hodgkin
- 15 May 1910First match of the Italy men's national association football team
- 27 May 1910Death of Robert Koch
- from 31 May 1910 to 31 May 1961Union of South Africa
- from 1 June 1910 to 14 June 1913Terra Nova Expedition
- from 3 June 1910 to 30 January 1912Amundsen's South Pole expedition
- 11 June 1910Birth of Jacques Cousteau
- 13 August 1910Death of Florence Nightingale
- 26 August 1910Birth of Mother Teresa
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