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British Antarctic Expedition
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Antarctic_Expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Terra_Nova_Expedition
gptkbp:basisFor
gptkb:Cape_Evans
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:Scott_Polar_Research_Institute
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:distance
over 1,600 miles
gptkbp:endDate
1913
gptkbp:fleetSize
gptkb:Terra_Nova
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
gptkbp:goal
reach the South Pole
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
British Antarctic Expedition
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Robert_Falcon_Scott
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Antarctica
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:death_of_Lawrence_Oates
Scott's last diary entry March 29, 1912
gptkbp:notableFinds
fossil plants in Antarctica
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Edgar_Evans
gptkb:Edward_Adrian_Wilson
gptkb:Henry_Robertson_Bowers
gptkb:Lawrence_Oates
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Discovery_Expedition
gptkbp:result
all members of polar party died on return journey
reached South Pole January 1912
gptkbp:route
via Beardmore Glacier
gptkbp:sponsor
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society
gptkbp:startDate
1910
gptkbp:studiedBy
biology
geology
meteorology
glaciology
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Mount_Blake
gptkb:Mount_Donaldson
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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