LONDON – LONDON (AP) — They are testament to one of the most heroic of British failures. Skis, photos, scientific instruments and other relics from Capt. Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to ...

Photographs taken by Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott during his ill-fated Terra Nova expedition are being auctioned off in London today (April 28). The explorer died in March 1912, just months ...

It’s as clear as the footage from 10,000 feet below that Shackleton was a hero. But there were many figures in what’s known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. For me, the most compelling of ...

On this March 29 100 years ago, Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott scrawled his last entry into the diary the British navy man had faithfully kept since the start of his ill-fated expedition to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One hundred years after British explorer Robert Falcon Scott set out on his doomed journey to the ...

The Yiddish Book Center’s permanent exhibition offers much to kvell about, including a wide-ranging collection of volumes and tributes to Yiddish theater, music and history.

For a limited time, "Greater Glory: Why Scott Let Amundsen Win the Race to the Pole", a feature from the June issue of Scientific American is being made available for fans of Scientific American's ...