Any drop to drink? Nov 14, 2009
In due course, maybe, the spiritual airs of Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott will fulfill the space-cadets dream by visiting the moon s south pole and confirming that there is ice there in person. Readers' comments. (The Economist)
Environment: Why Some Like It Cold Aug 12, 2009
Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott is one of the better examples of that. On his return from the South Pole, he was only 15 miles or so from a supply dump that would have saved his life and the lives of his 2 remaining companions at that time. (Time.com)
In the middle of hot summer comes a book called 'Cold' Jul 21, 2009
PENGUIN ENVY: In 1911, explorer Robert Falcon Scott sent three men to bring back eggs from an Antarctic colony of emperor penguins. The men hauled a sled 60 miles in the dark at temperatures of 70 below, he recounts. (Anchorage Daily News)
Green.view: Extinct and unmourned Jul 8, 2009
When nature conservation first became a popular cause, in the early 1960s, one of its champions was Peter Scott, a British naturalist, artist and Olympic yachtsman, and son of the ill-fated polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott. He decided to draft lists of endangered species, known as the , for a body called the. (The Economist)
Scott of the Antarctic's hotel 'saved' by new backer Jun 17, 2009
The hotel is now famous for that oak-panelled dining room which was named after Robert Falcon Scott. The Royal first opened in 1866 but closed for seven years before re-opening as a boutique hotel after 6m refurbishment in 2005. (BBC News -- Science)
Bethel a-bubble with dancing Mar 22, 2009
The play deals with the fatal expedition to the South Pole led by Robert Falcon Scott. The Inukshuk production will be presented at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center's 100th Anniversary Season in Portland, Ore. (Anchorage Daily News)
Antarctic serves fresh food daily Feb 20, 2009
6 kilometres of ice living conditions have also improved since the pioneering days when Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen beat his British rival Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole in 1911. That is certainly the case at the new Belgian Princess Elisabeth scientific research centre which was opened on Sunday. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
