In the latter capacity he was mainly responsible for organising the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–04, and for launching the polar career of Robert Falcon Scott.
Son kapasite dahilinde başlıca, 1901–04 Ulusal Antarktik Keşif Seferi'ni örgütlemekten ve Robert Falcon Scott'ın kutupsal kariyerini yaymaktan sorumluydu.