How do you do, Ollie? I’m Robert Falcon Scott. I set out in 1911 to be the first person to reach the South Pole. I knew that Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer ...

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 behind the ...

Now he was at the opposite end of the world, in the Antarctic, aiming for the most prestigious prize the world of exploration still offered: the South Pole ... Falcon Scott. Amundsen was keenly ...

On arriving at the geographical South Pole in January 1912, Scott and his party discovered they had been beaten to it by a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen. The polar team led by Scott died on ...

In 1902, Scott, Dr. Edward Wilson, and Ernest Shackleton set out with dog teams and sledges aiming to be the first to reach the South Pole. They pushed south to 82º16.5'S, when scurvy ...

Famously Captain Robert Scott's expedition ... team led by Roald Amundsen was now heading for the Pole. After a final stop in New Zealand the Terra Nova headed south again and In January 1911 ...

only five of the team remained en route to the Pole: Scott, Wilson, Oates, Bowers and Evans. On 17 January 1912, they reached the Pole, only to find that a Norwegian party led by Roald Amundsen ...

Scott and his Norwegian rival in polar exploration, Roald Amundsen in their attempts to reach the South Pole. The series ran for seven episodes and starred a wide range of UK and Norwegian ...