Scotland and the Antarctic

Section 3: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen

In 1893 Sir John Murray (a Canadian scientist who had been on the Challenger expedition) spoke to the Royal Geographical Society in London about the last continent to be explored - Antarctica. He suggested that it was time to explore the interior of Antarctica and reach the South Pole. In the audience was Sir Clements Markham, president of the Royal Geographical Society. Markham decided to raise funds for a British National Antarctic Expedition.

The Heroic Age 1895-1917

Robert Falcon Scott - Scott of the Antarctic

Sir Ernest Shackleton

Roald Amundsen

Scott's journey to the South Pole

Shackleton's Imperial Transantarctic Expedition