Robert F. Scott
Subtitle: British explorer of the South Pole
By: John Riddle, Robert Ingpen
Series: People of importance; People of importance
Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers Inc.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781422228555; 9781422228395; 9781422289754
Subjects: Exploration; Discoveries in geography; Juvenile literature; Explorers; Biography; Discovery and exploration
Description: Robert F. Scott led two British Navy missions to explore Antarctica, each one lasting several years. On his second trip to the Antarctic, Scott and his team made it to the South Pole, but they found a group from Norway had beaten them to it. Though Scott and his team died in the cold on the way back from the South Pole, the British Navy officer and explorer is remembered today for his brave and curious spirit. Learn the story of one of Britain s most famous explorers in Robert F. Scott: British Explorer of the South Pole.