a small amount of history about Robert Falcon Scott!:)

1. Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott was born in the Outlands plantation in Devon, England on June 6,
1868. Robert called his mother, “The Dear Mother”, and the other six brothers and sisters
called there Mom, Mom or Mother. Scott’s family was highly respected because they were
well known and were popular because they lived in that area for a long time. A few of the
things Scott hated was blood and animal torture. Two of Scott’s sisters made dresses and
one was an actress. Roberts’s nickname was Con. His parents were named Hannah Scott
and John Scott.

2. • When Scott turned 13 he went to work on a ship for the navy.
He also worked on HMS BRITANNIA, Scott was beat at the age
of 13 and had no self confidence and had to deal with lots of
pain without complaining. As Scott grew older he transferred to
different ships, and his dad died of heart disease or heart
failure, when there father died they decided to sell Outlands to
move to Plymouth England. There they rented an apartment for
£30 a year which was the cheapest they could find during his
time. Scott gave £30 to his mom each year so his mom and two
sisters could pay for rent to live in the apartment wile Scott's
brother went to work in Africa to support his mother and sisters
too and sent them £200 to £300 pounds every couple years.

3. • As Scott grew older he was chosen to go to dinner with Sir
Markham during dinner he invited Scott to go to Antarctica and
Scott accepted but wanted to go through navel academy first.
Before Scott went to Antarctica he went to the navel academy
and learned about different ships. Scott learned about torpedoes
on the HMS VERNON, A few of the teachers called Scott a
promising young student. The military use to get £30 a year
which is hardly any money. Scott worked his way up in ranks
slowly but in the end he was promoted to a Navy officer when
he started he was a midshipman. Just before he was to go to
Antarctica a few of the tests Scott did he scored four out of five
and had the highest grades in his class. On his way to Antarctica
King Edward VII invited Scott to his castle and the King made
Scott Lieutenant in Royal Victorian Order.

4.  Scott wrote to his mom that he had not got
married yet because he has been supporting
his mom and his mom said “You have
supported me long enough get married and
have kids and live a happy life”. Scott started
dating a girl named Kathleen Bruce, Scott
dated her for around 4 years until he decided
to marry her around 6 years later they had one
child named Peter Markham Scott later he
renamed to Sir Peter Scott.

5. • Scott’s team had to learn how to ride snow dogs
because they could not get cars or trucks in Antarctic not
to mention the fuel for the cars and trucks. When Scott
started heading to Antarctica he had to raise £40,000 to
go to Antarctica. Just when Scott was heading to
Antarctica his brother died in Africa. When Scott got up
to £40,000 he had to buy a ship, food, and a crew to
come with him. When Scott when to buy a ship the RGS
contacted him and said we will provide you with a team
and equipment.

6.  Scott’s team perished while going to the South
Pole and study and the rest coming back from
the South Pole to go back to there homes.
Scott’s team perished mainly because of
starvation, freezing, and stress. There coats
were not down parkas and heavy enough like
what his challenger wore that’s why Ronald
Amundsen didn’t die.

7.  When Scott arrived in Antarctica he raced a guy
named Ronald Amundsen to the South Pole.
Scott had to walk 1000 miles or more to reach
the South Pole. All the while struggling to stay
warm, not be hungry, and avoiding ice cracks to
fall down in and hurt themselves or die in
because of there size.

8.  After Scott died Britain thought of him as a hero and he was famous
for second man to the South Pole but there has been a person who
has been near Antarctica like captain cook who was still almost 100
to 1000 miles away. Scott studied in his discovery hut during his
DISCOVERY expedition. Scott got to the South Pole on January 17,
1912. On Scott’s first journey he brought 65 men and on his second
journey he only brought 5 men. When Scott died he was an ironic
British hero because probably he maintained his stats for more then
50 years as military stats, CVO, and a royal navy officer.!

9. Scott did not get along with Ernest Shackleton, but was friends with
the other four people on his team named; Wilson, Evans, Oates,
and Bowers. Scott said that “Sir Markham is Scott’s son’s godfather”
Scott named his son after his godfather. Scott would be the age of
one-hundred in two months so Scott will have been dead for fifty-
seven years. Scott was chosen to go to Antarctica out of three
people in his class he scored seven out of twenty-six. Antarctica’s
name is Greek for anti Arctic, Britain could fit into Antarctica more
than fifty times and still can fit in to Antarctica

10. ► The name of the ship that they went to Antarctica with is named “DISCOVERY”
and it is currently docked in Dundee Scotland. When Scott started heading to
Antarctica it was not a smooth ride as it is he had to abandon one ship. Scott
and his team had to buy another ship because the DISCOVERY broke down in
ice so the team had to find some one to help them Scott radioed in two ships to
help them one was the MORNING and the other was TERRA NOVA. The
MORNING tried to free the DISCOVERY but failed. One of the guys on Scott’s
team promised to stay with him and when the ship got stuck and help got there
the guy broke his promise and went to safety. When the DISCOVERY got freed
Scott decided to let the DISCOVERY stay at Dundee and then Scott bought the
MORNING from Captain William Colbeck to finish going to Antarctica but Scott
realized the MORNING couldn’t make it so he sold the MORNING back and
bought the TERRA NOVA for £20,000.