In 1910, he was first officer on the "Terra Nova" expedition by Robert Falcon Scott. After arriving in Antarctica in January 1911, his role was to lead an eastern party of six men to explore and carry out scientific work in King Edward VII Land, to the east of the Barrier. On 26 January 1911, Campbell's party left in the and headed east. After failing to find a suitable landing site on the King Edward VII Land shore, Campbell decided to sail to Victoria Land. On its return westward, "Terra Nova" encountered Roald Amundsen's expedition camped in the Bay of Whales, an inlet in the Barrier.