British Antarctic Expedition

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Antarctic expedition polar exploration mission

The British Antarctic Expedition was an early 20th-century polar exploration led by Robert Falcon Scott that sought to reach the South Pole and conduct extensive scientific research in Antarctica.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Terra Nova Expedition	13
British National Antarctic Expedition	6
British Antarctic Expedition 1910–1913	3
British Antarctic Expedition canonical	2
British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909)	2
British Antarctic expeditions	2
British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–1913)	1
British Antarctic Expedition 1907–1909	1
British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904)	1
British National Antarctic Expedition 1901–1904	1
Robert Falcon Scott’s South Pole expedition	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Antarctic expedition ⓘ polar exploration mission ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ surface form: Terra Nova Expedition
baseCamp	Cape Evans ⓘ
baseRegion	Ross Island ⓘ
competitor	Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912 ⓘ surface form: Amundsen's South Pole expedition
continent	Antarctica ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
departureCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
departureDate	1910-06-15 ⓘ
departurePort	Cardiff ⓘ
destination	Ross Sea ⓘ surface form: Ross Sea region South Pole ⓘ
endDate	1913 ⓘ
era	Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration ⓘ
followedBy	Shackleton–Rowett Expedition ⓘ
goal	conduct scientific research in Antarctica ⓘ reach the South Pole ⓘ
leader	Robert Falcon Scott ⓘ
member	Apsley Cherry-Garrard ⓘ Cecil Meares ⓘ Edgar Evans ⓘ Edward Adrian Wilson ⓘ Frank Debenham ⓘ George Levick ⓘ George Simpson ⓘ Griffith Taylor ⓘ Henry Robertson Bowers ⓘ Lawrence Oates ⓘ Raymond Priestley ⓘ Tom Crean ⓘ surface form: Thomas Crean Tryggve Gran ⓘ Victor Campbell ⓘ
notableEvent	death of Robert Falcon Scott and polar party on return from South Pole ⓘ
outcome	failed to be first at the South Pole ⓘ
precededBy	Discovery Expedition ⓘ
reachedSouthPoleDate	1912-01-17 ⓘ
scientificDiscipline	biology ⓘ cartography ⓘ geology ⓘ glaciology ⓘ meteorology ⓘ
sponsor	Royal Geographical Society ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ
startDate	1910 ⓘ
usedShip	Terra Nova ⓘ
usedTransport	dog teams ⓘ man-hauling sledges ⓘ motor sledges ⓘ ponies ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Pole → secondReachedBy → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

Discovery Point → associatedWith → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British National Antarctic Expedition

McMurdo Sound → historicallyUsedBy → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British National Antarctic Expedition

McMurdo Sound → historicallyUsedBy → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Terra Nova Bay → associatedWithExpedition → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–1913)

Robert Falcon Scott → notableWork → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Robert Falcon Scott → participantIn → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Robert Falcon Scott → participantIn → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British National Antarctic Expedition

Robert Falcon Scott → participantIn → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic Expedition 1910–1913

British Antarctic Expedition → alsoKnownAs → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Polar Museum → hasSubject → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic expeditions

Raymond Priestley → memberOf → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic expeditions

Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition 1910–1912 → competedWith → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Frank Debenham → memberOfExpedition → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Frank Debenham → participantIn → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic Expedition 1910–1913

Cape Royds → expeditionBaseFor → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic Expedition 1907–1909

Minna Bluff → discoveredBy → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British National Antarctic Expedition

Cape Hallett → namedBy → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

Cape Crozier → visitedBy → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British National Antarctic Expedition 1901–1904

Cape Crozier → visitedBy → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Cape Evans → wasBaseFor → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Cape Evans → wasBaseFor → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic Expedition 1910–1913

Mount Discovery → discoveryExpedition → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904)

Cape Washington → namedBy → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909)

Cape Washington → discoveredBy → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Antarctic Expedition (1907–1909)

Discovery Hut at Hut Point → builtFor → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British National Antarctic Expedition

Discovery Hut at Hut Point → usedDuring → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Captain Scott → mainSubject → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Captain Scott → includesEvent → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Norwegian Antarctic Expedition 1910–1912 → competedWith → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration → includesEvent → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Terra Nova Expedition

Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration → includesEvent → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robert Falcon Scott’s South Pole expedition

Scottish National Antarctic Expedition → precededBy → British Antarctic Expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: British National Antarctic Expedition