Robert Falcon Scott
1868-1912
English explorer and naval officer who made many attempts to be the first to the South Pole. He finally reached it on January 18, 1912, only to find a Norwegian flag and ...
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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 attemp...
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Wellington (dpa) - Veteran New Zealand adventurer Sir Edmund
Hillary, 87, is looking forward to a nostalgic night in the
Antarctic cold when he leaves for a golden anniversa...
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Wellington (dpa) - Veteran New Zealand adventurer Sir Edmund
Hillary, 87, flew to Antarctica on Thursday looking forward to a
nostalgic night as he made a golden anniversary...
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Rising seas, spreading deserts, intensifying weather and other harbingers of climate change are threatening cultural landmarks from Canada to Antarctica, the World Monuments Fund said Wednesday.New...
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Rising seas, spreading deserts, intensifying weather and other harbingers of climate change are threatening cultural landmarks from Canada to Antarctica, the World Monuments Fund said Wednesday.New...
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Rising seas, spreading deserts, intensifying weather and other harbingers of climate change are threatening cultural landmarks from Canada to Antarctica, the World Monuments Fund said Wednesday.New...
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The text of Robert Falcon Scott's last letter to his wife Kathleen, as transcribed by the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England:___To my widowDearest Darling _ we are in a very tight...
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Wellington (dpa) - Sir Edmund Hillary was honoured throughout the
world as the first man, with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, to climb Mount
Everest, the world's highest peak at 8,8...
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OBITUARY ROUNDUP: Edmund Hillary, first to climb Everest, dies at 88
By David Barber, dpa
Eds: Updates graf 5 to confirm he visited Kathmandu in 2006, includes
last visi...
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TROLL STATION, Antarctica, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Nations
claiming parts of Antarctica are quietly staking out rights to
the seabed, in stark contrast to the North Pole where Russia
ostentatiously pla...
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Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
At 87, Hillary wants a nostalgic night in Antarctic cold
