TITLE: CAPTAIN ROBERT F. SCOTT; THE AGONY AT POLHEIM
1989 20 X 25 INCHES

Robert F. Scott:
1868 - 1912, British explorer and officer in the Royal Navy.

Scott entered navy training school at age 13 and graduated to midshipman. As
lieutenant he served in the Caribbean and the Pacific. In 1899 while a
torpedo-lieutenant he met Sir Clements Markham and applied to lead his National
Antarctic Expedition.

Under Scott, the Discovery expedition, (1901-1904), covered 3100 miles with
sledge teams and carried out a significant science program. He set the record
for furthest south, (82 degrees), with Shackleton and Wilson. His second,
Terra Nova, expedition, (1910-1912), was run on strict navy lines like the
first. Scott and four others reached the South Pole on 17 January, 1912 to find
that Amundsen had been there a month prior. He was an intelligent and restless
man given to self-doubt and vacillation. Scott and all of his party perished
on the return journey. Their heroism and Scott's moving diaries ultimately
created a legend that overshadowed Amundsen's achievement, while masking
Scott's short-comings.