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Scott's Antarctic Expedition
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Scott's_Antarctic_Expedition
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
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
Antarctic memorials
gptkbp:competitor
gptkb:Amundsen's_South_Pole_expedition
gptkbp:destination
gptkb:South_Pole
gptkbp:endDate
1913
gptkbp:explores
gptkb:Victoria_Land
gptkb:Ross_Ice_Shelf
gptkb:Transantarctic_Mountains
gptkbp:goal
scientific research
reach the South Pole
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Scott's Antarctic Expedition
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Robert_Falcon_Scott
gptkbp:notableEvent
January 17, 1912 (reached South Pole)
March 1912 (death of Scott and last members)
death of all five polar party members
discovered fossils of Glossopteris
first British team to reach South Pole
gptkbp:notableMember
gptkb:Edgar_Evans
gptkb:Edward_Adrian_Wilson
gptkb:Henry_Robertson_Bowers
gptkb:Lawrence_Oates
gptkbp:notablePublication
gptkb:Scott's_Last_Expedition_(book)
gptkbp:officialName
gptkb:British_Antarctic_Expedition
gptkbp:result
all members of polar party died on return journey
reached South Pole January 17, 1912
gptkbp:scientificAchievement
collected geological and biological specimens
gptkbp:shipUsed
gptkb:Terra_Nova
gptkbp:sponsor
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society
gptkbp:startDate
1910
gptkbp:usedTransport
gptkb:dog
ponies
motor sledges
man-hauling
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Sinfonia_Antartica
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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