Inside the Antarctic Expedition that Made Shackleton and Scott Famous – and Paved the Way to the South Pole

Inside the antarctic expedition that made Shackleton and Scott famous – and paved the way to the South Pole

The Discovery winter camp. Wikimedia, CC BY-NCIn August 1901 Robert Scott, Ernest Shackleton and more than 40 other men set sail to Antarctica for the first time. On their newly built ship, the Discovery, neither Scott nor Shackleton knew what to expect, nor whether they would come back alive. It was on this journey, the 1901 to 1904 Discovery Expedition, that both men became famous polar explorers. Yet 125 years later, this expedition does not …