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Robert Falcon Scott

Also known as R. F. Scott, Captain Scott, Captain R. F. Scott

Royal Navy officer and explorer (1868–1912)

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Robert Falcon Scott was a British Royal Navy officer and Antarctic explorer who led expeditions to the South Pole in the early 1900s. He is historically significant for his exploration efforts and tragic final expedition, which made him a notable figure in the history of polar exploration.

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Vinony's link graph records 2,014 inbound references to Robert Falcon Scott, and connects out to Antarctica, Edward VII and history of Antarctica.

It is catalogued under topics including 1868 births, 1912 deaths and 19th-century Royal Navy personnel.

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Born: 1868-06-06
Died: 1912-03-29
Works: 44

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Di letsṭe nesie
Man against nature
Journals
Voyage of the Discovery
Scott's Last Expedition

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1868-06-06
Active to: 1912-03-29

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Robert Falcon Scott, CVO (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13. During this second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that they had been preceded by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition. On their return journey, Scott and his four comrades all died from a combination of

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Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
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Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies.
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Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,572x
Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,863x
Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,854x

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Quotes

“Great God! this is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority.”
“Make the boy interested in natural history if you can; it is better than games; they encourage it in some schools.”
“The Beardmore Glacier is not difficult in fine weather, but on our return we did not get a single completely fine day; this with a sick companion enormously increased our anxieties.”
“Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for.”
“I have done this to show what an Englishman can do.”

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Commons category: Robert Falcon Scott
date of birth: 1868-06-06
date of death: 1912-03-29
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Encyclopedic overview

Captain Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901–04 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910–13.

On the first expedition, Scott set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82°S and discovered the Antarctic Plateau, on which the South Pole is located. On the second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, less than five weeks after Amundsen's South Pole expedition. On the return journey from the Pole, a planned meeting with supporting dog teams from the base camp failed, despite Scott's written instructions, and at a distance of 162 miles (261 km) from their base camp at Hut Point and approximately 12.5 miles (20.1 km) from the next depot, Scott and his companions died. When Scott and his party's bodies were discovered, they had in their possession the first Antarctic fossils discovered. The fossils were determined to be from the Glossopteris tree and proved that Antarctica was once forested and joined to other continents.

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