LONDON (Reuters) - The last letters written by Antarctic explorer Robert Scott to his wife and young son before the adventurer died on his South Pole expedition are to go on display for the first time ...

As news of their demise reached England, Robert F. Scott and his teammates were regaled as heroes who’d given their lives in service of the British Empire. Yet, as the years passed, such flattering ...

Heroes of Antarctic exploration have played a crucial role in research that suggests the area of sea ice around Antarctica has barely changed in size in 100 years. Ice observations recorded in the ...

Captain Robert Scott was the British Antarctic explorer who led an expedition to claim the South Pole in England’s honor.

Measuring the world -- The race to the South Pole -- Disaster in the Antarctic -- Remembering the dead -- Martyrs of science -- For the honour of our country -- These were men -- So many heroes -- ...

Jamie Ward, a carpenter from Scotland, works to restore the exterior of the Terra Nova expedition hut at Cape Evans. It was from here that Capt. Robert F. Scott and his companions launched their bid ...

The Antarctic explorers of the early 1900s didn’t have a conventional workplace. The potential for death lurked round every corner. Food was scarce, and having to eat dog livers threatened the ...

LONDON (AP) — British heritage officials have honored an explorer famed for an act of self-sacrifice during Capt. Robert Falcon Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition a century ago. Lawrence Oates gave ...

(AP) Three bottles of rare, 19th century whisky found beneath the floor boards of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackelton’s abandoned expedition base were returned to the polar continent Saturday after a ...

Relative of legendary polar explorer Ernest Shackleton fulfills family dream. Feb. 9, 2010— -- When Navy Commander Scott Shackleton stepped off a C-130 aircraft and set foot on the South Pole ...