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Robert Falcon Scott, CVO (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a Royal Navyofficer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: theDiscovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13. 
 
                                                        Scott, writing his journal in the Cape Evans hut, winter 19112014-06-08

 
During the research for his dual biography of Scott and Roald Amundsen,[9] polar historian Roland Huntford investigated a possible scandal in Scott's early naval career, related to the period 1889–90 when Scott was a lieutenant on HMS Amphion. According to Huntford, Scott "disappears from naval records" for eight months, from mid-August 1889 until 26 March 1890. Huntford hints at involvement with a married American woman, of cover-up, and protection by senior officers. Biographer David Crane reduces the missing period to eleven weeks,
 
Popular hero[edit]
Discovery returned to Britain in September 1904. The expedition had caught the public imagination, and Scott became a popular hero. He was awarded a cluster of honours and medals, including many from overseas, and was promoted to the rank of captain.[35] He was invited to Balmoral Castle, where King Edward VII promoted him a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO).[36]
 
The expedition had both scientific and exploration objectives; the latter included a long journey south, in the direction of the South Pole. This march, undertaken by Scott,Ernest Shackleton and Edward Wilson, took them to a latitude of 82° 17′ S, about 530 miles (850 km) from the pole. A harrowing return journey brought about Shackleton's physical collapse and his early departure from the expedition
 
Dispute with Shackleton[edit]
By early 1906, Scott had sounded out the RGS about the possible funding of a future Antarctic expedition.[39] It was therefore unwelcome news to him that Ernest Shackleton had announced his own plans to travel to Discovery's old McMurdo Sound base and launch a bid for the South Pole from there.[40] Scott claimed, in the first of a series of letters to Shackleton, that the area around McMurdo was his own "field of work" to which he had prior rights until he chose to give them up, and that Shackleton should therefore work from an entirely different area.
 
 

 
Scott's group took this photograph of themselves using a string to operate the shutter on 17 January 1912, the day after they discovered Amundsen had reached the pole first.
 
 
 
Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin, FRS (/ˈdɑrwɪn/;[1] 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist and geologist,[2] best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory.[I] He established that all species
 
ct. 1805 - Dec. 1831:Events leading to the Voyage The Napoleonic Wars South American trade relations The Hydrographic OfficeEarly H.M.S. Beagle history About the second Beagle Survey The search for a Naturalist 

Feb. 1832 - Jan. 1833:                Jan. 1833 - Nov. 1833:          The Beagle arrives at Brazil                    The Mission is startedSurvey work at Rio de Janeiro                 A visit to the Falkland Islands Survey work at Buenos Aires                   Darwin leads the Gaucho life               Two boats hired to assist surveys            Darwin explores Buenos AiresViolent storms at Tierra del Fuego           Darwin explores the Rio Negro
 

Nov. 1833 - Jun. 1834:               Jun. 1834 - Apr. 1835:Return to the mission                           Arrival at ValparaisoFalkland Islands, revisited                     Darwin's 1st Andes expeditionExpedition up the Rio Santa Cruz           FitzRoy's nervous breakdown     The Beagle rounds the Cape                  Survey of Earthquake damage
Fitreakdown                                          Darwin's 2nd and 3rd Andes expedition                                                                                            FitzRoy saves the HMS Challenger
   
Apr. 1835 - Oct. 1835:                    Oct. 1835 - Mar. 1836:Survey of Galapagos Archipelago               Into the Pacific Ocean
                                                              Arrival at New Zealand
                                                              and Australia
 
Mar. 1836 - Oct. 1836:Exploring the Cocos IslandsThe Begale arrives at South AfricaArrival at St. Helena IslandThe return to South AmericaThe Azores are SpottedFinally home in England!The Fate of the Beagle
 
Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts of transmutation of species.[5][6] By the 1870s the scientific community and much of the general public had accepted evolution as a fact.
 
 
 
Roald Amundsen
 
He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage (1903–06).
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (Norwegian: [ˈɾuːɑl ˈɑmʉnsən]; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led theAntarctic expedition (1910–12) to become the first men to reach the South Pole in December 1911. In 1926, 
 

 
 
Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–99)
Main article: Belgian Antarctic Expedition




Portraits of Roald Amundsen


Amundsen joined the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1897–99) as first mate. This expedition, led by Adrien de Gerlache using the ship the Belgica, became the first expedition to winter in Antarctica.[
 
 

 
 
David Livingstone
 late 19th century in Victorian Britain, Livingstone had a mythic status, which operated on a number of interconnected levels: Protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags to riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of commercial empire. His fame as an explorer helped drive forward the obsession with discovering the sources of the River Nile
 
Although Livingstone is known as "Africa's greatest missionary,” he is only recorded as having converted one African: Sechele, who was the chief of the Kwena people of Botswana. Kwena
Livingstone's heart was buried under a Mvula tree near the spot where he died, now the site of the Livingstone Memorial.[29]His body together with his journal was carried over a thousand miles by his loyal attendants Chuma and Susi to the coast toBagamoyo, and was returned to Britain for burial. After lying in repose at No.1 Savile Row — then headquarters of the Royal Geographical Society, now the home of bespoke tailors Gieves & Hawkes — his remains were interred at Westminster Abbey, London.[4][30]
 
Famous people buried at Westminster Abbey



Oliver CromwellSoldier and politician
died 1658






Sir Isaac NewtonScientist
died 1727






Charles DickensNovelist
died 1870






Charles DarwinNaturalist
died 1882






Sir Isaac NewtonScientist

died 1727



Sir Laurence OlivierActor
died 1989



 
 
Henry Morton Stanley
 
Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB, born John Rowlands (28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904), was a Welsh journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone





 
Henry Morton Stanley's life was a fascinating mix of heroic adventure, journalism and fantasy. He became famous by finding David Livingstone and writing about it in the New York Herald -- even though Livingstone was not lost.
Stanley was born in North Wales, an illegitimate child, and baptised as John Rowlands. Aged 17, he ran away to sea and in New Orleans gave himself a new name. During following years, he led a roving life in America, working mostly as a freelance journalist. He fought on both sides in the Civil War.
 

Henry Stanley with Kalulu, his African personal servant and adopted child. Stanley named the Kalulu Falls after him after the boy died there, aged about 12, when his canoe was washed over the waterfall.