Discovery expedition was led by naval commander Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) (later made Captain and knighted), under the auspices of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. The Discovery left the Isle of Wight, England on the 6th August, 1901 and reached New Zealand’s shores on the 29th November. Amongst the crew of the ship was one Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), transferred from the Merchant Navy, who went on to lead his own expedition to the Antarctic aboard Nimrod in 1907-09. The Discovery left Lyttelton Harbour for Antarctica, on the 21st December, 1901, where the crew hoped to carry out their scientific research. During the expedition, the explorers discovered the snow-free Dry Valleys and the Emperor Penguin colony of Cape Crozier. Discovery returned to England on the 10th September, 1904.]]> ___]]> Discovery expedition was led by naval commander Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) (later made Captain and knighted), under the auspices of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. The Discovery left the Isle of Wight, England on the 6th August, 1901 and reached New Zealand’s shores on the 29th November. Amongst the crew of the ship was one Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), transferred from the Merchant Navy, who went on to lead his own expedition to the Antarctic aboard Nimrod in 1907-09. The Discovery left Lyttelton Harbour for Antarctica, on the 21st December, 1901, where the crew hoped to carry out their scientific research. During the expedition, the explorers discovered the snow-free Dry Valleys and the Emperor Penguin colony of Cape Crozier. Discovery returned to England on the 10th September, 1904.]]> ___]]> Discovery expedition was led by naval commander Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) (later made Captain and knighted), under the auspices of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. The Discovery left the Isle of Wight, England on the 6th August, 1901 and reached New Zealand’s shores on the 29th November. Amongst the crew of the ship was one Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), transferred from the Merchant Navy, who went on to lead his own expedition to the Antarctic aboard Nimrod in 1907-09. The Discovery left Lyttelton Harbour for Antarctica, on the 21st December, 1901, where the crew hoped to carry out their scientific research. During the expedition, the explorers discovered the snow-free Dry Valleys and the Emperor Penguin colony of Cape Crozier. Discovery returned to England on the 10th September, 1904.]]> ___]]> Discovery expedition was led by naval commander Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) (later made Captain and knighted), under the auspices of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. The Discovery left the Isle of Wight, England on the 6th August, 1901 and reached New Zealand’s shores on the 29th November. Amongst the crew of the ship was one Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), transferred from the Merchant Navy, who went on to lead his own expedition to the Antarctic aboard Nimrod in 1907-09. The Discovery left Lyttelton Harbour for Antarctica, on the 21st December, 1901, where the crew hoped to carry out their scientific research. During the expedition, the explorers discovered the snow-free Dry Valleys and the Emperor Penguin colony of Cape Crozier. Discovery returned to England on the 10th September, 1904.]]> ___]]> Discovery expedition was led by naval commander Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) (later made Captain and knighted), under the auspices of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. The Discovery left the Isle of Wight, England on the 6th August, 1901 and reached New Zealand’s shores on the 29th November. Amongst the crew of the ship was one Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), transferred from the Merchant Navy, who went on to lead his own expedition to the Antarctic aboard Nimrod in 1907-09. The Discovery left Lyttelton Harbour for Antarctica, on the 21st December, 1901, where the crew hoped to carry out their scientific research. During the expedition, the explorers discovered the snow-free Dry Valleys and the Emperor Penguin colony of Cape Crozier. Discovery returned to England on the 10th September, 1904.]]> ___]]> National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904]]> Discovery expedition was led by naval commander Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) (later made Captain and knighted), under the auspices of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. The Discovery left the Isle of Wight, England on the 6th August, 1901 and reached New Zealand’s shores on the 29th November. Amongst the crew of the ship was one Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), transferred from the Merchant Navy, who went on to lead his own expedition to the Antarctic aboard Nimrod in 1907-09. The Discovery left Lyttelton Harbour for Antarctica, on the 21st December, 1901, where the crew hoped to carry out their scientific research. During the expedition, the explorers discovered the snow-free Dry Valleys and the Emperor Penguin colony of Cape Crozier. Discovery returned to England on the 10th September, 1904.]]> ___]]> Discovery expedition was led by naval commander Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) (later made Captain and knighted), under the auspices of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. The Discovery left the Isle of Wight, England on the 6th August, 1901 and reached New Zealand’s shores on the 29th November. Amongst the crew of the ship was one Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), transferred from the Merchant Navy, who went on to lead his own expedition to the Antarctic aboard Nimrod in 1907-09. The Discovery left Lyttelton Harbour for Antarctica, on the 21st December, 1901, where the crew hoped to carry out their scientific research. During the expedition, the explorers discovered the snow-free Dry Valleys and the Emperor Penguin colony of Cape Crozier. Discovery returned to England on the 10th September, 1904.]]> ___]]> Discovery expedition was led by naval commander Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) (later made Captain and knighted), under the auspices of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. The Discovery left the Isle of Wight, England on the 6th August, 1901 and reached New Zealand’s shores on the 29th November. Amongst the crew of the ship was one Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), transferred from the Merchant Navy, who went on to lead his own expedition to the Antarctic aboard Nimrod in 1907-09. The Discovery left Lyttelton Harbour for Antarctica, on the 21st December, 1901, where the crew hoped to carry out their scientific research. During the expedition, the explorers discovered the snow-free Dry Valleys and the Emperor Penguin colony of Cape Crozier. Discovery returned to England on the 10th September, 1904.]]> ___]]> Discovery expedition was led by naval commander Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) (later made Captain and knighted), under the auspices of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. The Discovery left the Isle of Wight, England on the 6th August, 1901 and reached New Zealand’s shores on the 29th November. Amongst the crew of the ship was one Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), transferred from the Merchant Navy, who went on to lead his own expedition to the Antarctic aboard Nimrod in 1907-09. The Discovery left Lyttelton Harbour for Antarctica, on the 21st December, 1901, where the crew hoped to carry out their scientific research. During the expedition, the explorers discovered the snow-free Dry Valleys and the Emperor Penguin colony of Cape Crozier. Discovery returned to England on the 10th September, 1904.]]> ___]]> Discovery expedition was led by naval commander Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) (later made Captain and knighted), under the auspices of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. The Discovery left the Isle of Wight, England on the 6th August, 1901 and reached New Zealand’s shores on the 29th November. Amongst the crew of the ship was one Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), transferred from the Merchant Navy, who went on to lead his own expedition to the Antarctic aboard Nimrod in 1907-09. The Discovery left Lyttelton Harbour for Antarctica, on the 21st December, 1901, where the crew hoped to carry out their scientific research. During the expedition, the explorers discovered the snow-free Dry Valleys and the Emperor Penguin colony of Cape Crozier. Discovery returned to England on the 10th September, 1904.]]> ___]]> Discovery expedition was led by naval commander Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) (later made Captain and knighted), under the auspices of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. The Discovery left the Isle of Wight, England on the 6th August, 1901 and reached New Zealand’s shores on the 29th November. Amongst the crew of the ship was one Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), transferred from the Merchant Navy, who went on to lead his own expedition to the Antarctic aboard Nimrod in 1907-09. The Discovery left Lyttelton Harbour for Antarctica, on the 21st December, 1901, where the crew hoped to carry out their scientific research. During the expedition, the explorers discovered the snow-free Dry Valleys and the Emperor Penguin colony of Cape Crozier. Discovery returned to England on the 10th September, 1904.]]> ___]]> Terra Nova, Scott hoped to be the first to reach the South Pole. Scott and his four colleagues did reach the South Pole on the 17th January, 1912 but had been beaten by Norwegian Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) and his team who had reached the Pole 33 days before Scott. Unfortunately, Scott and his party perished on the Ross Ice Shelf on the return journey.]]> ___]]>