Captain Robert Scott was the British Antarctic explorer who led an expedition to claim the South Pole in England’s honor.

LONDON (Reuters) - The last letters written by Antarctic explorer Robert Scott to his wife and young son before the adventurer died on his South Pole expedition are to go on display for the first time ...

Heroes of Antarctic exploration have played a crucial role in research that suggests the area of sea ice around Antarctica has barely changed in size in 100 years. Ice observations recorded in the ...

As news of their demise reached England, Robert F. Scott and his teammates were regaled as heroes who’d given their lives in service of the British Empire. Yet, as the years passed, such flattering ...

Measuring the world -- The race to the South Pole -- Disaster in the Antarctic -- Remembering the dead -- Martyrs of science -- For the honour of our country -- These were men -- So many heroes -- ...

A silver tea service once owned by an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer is to go under the hammer for the first time. The set, originally owned by Sir Ernest Shackleton, will be offered at auction on 30 ...

Relative of legendary polar explorer Ernest Shackleton fulfills family dream. Feb. 9, 2010— -- When Navy Commander Scott Shackleton stepped off a C-130 aircraft and set foot on the South Pole ...

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's crew famously survived after the Endurance became stuck in ice in 1915. A researcher ...