In August 1901, Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton set off on the first expedition that would make them famous explorers. They headed to Antarctica together to explore the frozen land and collect scientific information.

Historian of exploration Edward Armston-Sheret writes that despite most of the crew having little polar experience, the men mapped large areas, gathered geological and zoological specimens and recorded valuable weather and magnetic data. The expedition is often overlooked in historical accounts of their lives but it shaped Scott and Shackleton’s future careers and inspired the later race to the South Pole.

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