Key Events of the Period
| Date |
Event |
| 6th August 1901 |
Discovery leaves Cardiff on the British National Antarctic Expedition. |
| 30th December 1902 |
The National Antarctic Expedition reaches farther south than anyone had been before. |
| 10th September 1904 |
Discovery arrives back in Portsmouth. |
| 1904 |
Robert Falcon Scott is promoted to Captain in the navy. |
| 1910 |
Robert sets off for his second Antarctic trip, the Terra Nova Expedition. |
| 4th January 1911 |
The Terra Nova ship arrives in Antarctica. |
| 1st November 1911 |
The journey to the South Pole begins on the Terra Nova Expedition. |
| 17th January 1912 |
Robert Scott reaches the South Pole. |
| 17th February 1912 |
Petty Officer Evans dies. |
| 17th March 1912 |
Captain Oates walks out into a blizzard to die. |
| 29th March 1912 |
Robert Scott writes his last diary entry and dies soon afterwards. |
| 8th August 1914 |
The ship Endurance leaves Plymouth on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. |
| 18th January 1915 |
Endurance becomes stuck in the ice in the Weddell Sea. |
| 14th February 1915 |
Shakleton orders his men to try to break the ice with picks. |
| 27th October 1915 |
The order to ambandon the Endurance is given. |
| 21st November 1915 |
Endurance sinks. |
| 8th April 1916 |
The ice floe splits and the Endurance crew are forced in the lifeboats. |
| 14th May 1916 |
The Endurance crew reach Elephant Island. |
| 10th May 1916 |
Six of the Endurance crew reach the island of South Georgia. |
| 30th August 1916 |
The remaining Endurance crew stuck on Elephant Island are rescued. |
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