Scott’s team left later for the pole, on Nov. 1, 1911, and from a starting point that gave Amundsen a 60-mile advantage on the 1,500-mile traverse. The Englishmen did not arrive at the pole ...

Scott's team did eventually reach the South Pole, but it was 35 days after Amundsen's team had arrived. Scott's team turned around, but they didn't make it back.

So, on Scott's final expedition, the Terra Nova, he announced that he would try to get to the pole. Meanwhile, while Scott was preparing to go, Amundsen announced that he was trying to take an ...

In November 1911, Scott left from Cape Evans for the 800-mile trip to the South Pole. Five men made the final push and arrived on Jan. 17, 1912 — only to find a Norwegian flag and a message from ...

NEW YORK CITY — In 1910, two men set out to be the first to reach the South Pole in a race that would be both heroic and tragic. The men had different reasons for their journeys, took different ...

Scott had already led an Antarctic expedition early in the decade, while another British explorer, Ernest Shackleton, had led a party to within 100 miles of the South Pole in January 1909.

Exactly a century ago today, Captain Scott and four other men reached the South Pole as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. Although they had overcome the physical challenges posed by walking to ...

Scott of the Antarctic is helping map changes to marine life at the South Pole – 100 years after his death. Scientists compared the explorer’s collection of a tiny twig-like creatures that ...

A collection of skis, photos, scientific instruments and other relics from Capt. Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole have sold at auction for more than 370,000 pounds ...

The race to the South Pole was one of the most dangerous competitions in history, but it wasn’t just the freezing temperatures that made it deadly. In this video, we uncover the true story ...

In November 1911, Scott left from Cape Evans for the 800-mile trip to the South Pole. Five men made the final push and arrived on Jan. 17, 1912 — only to find a Norwegian flag and a message from ...

Scott's team did eventually reach the South Pole, but it was 35 days after Amundsen's team had arrived. Scott's team turned around, but they didn't make it back. Topical Press Agency ...