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The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica.
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Discovery Expedition
British scientific expedition to Antarctica (1901 to 1904)
The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843). Organized on a large scale under a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Robert Falcon Scott
British Antarctic explorer (1868–1912)
Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901–04 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910–13.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Farthest South
Previous records for most southerly latitudes traveled to
Farthest South is the term for the most southerly latitudes reached by explorers before the first successful expedition to the South Pole in 1911.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Antarctica
Earth's southernmost continent
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
December 30
Day of the year
December 30 is the 364th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; one day remains until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)