His first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Robert Falcon Scott 's Discovery Expedition , 1901 -- 04 , from which he was sent home early on health grounds , after he and his companions Scott and Wilson set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82 ° S .
His first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Robert Falcon Scott 's Discovery Expedition , 1901 -- 04 , from which he was sent home early on health grounds .