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November 12, 1912
The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Robert Falcon Scott
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.
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica. It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 kilometres (370 mi) long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface. Ninety percent of the floating ice, however, is below the water surface.
November 12
November 12 is the 316th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 49 days remain until the end of the year.