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    Information on Scott of the Antartic and connections with Binton Church Warwickshire

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    Binton, Warwickshire, St Peter's. Scott of the Antarctic window.


    West window, by Kempe, commemorating Captain Robert Falcon Scott, "Scott of the Antarctic." Scott was married to the Rector's sister and was a regular visitor to the church and village. There is also a permanent exhibition in the church about his life.


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    Scott of the Antarctic (1868 - 1912)

    Captain Robert Falcon Scott in his sledging gear © 'Scott of the Antarctic' was a naval officer and explorer, who died attempting to be the first to reach the South Pole.


    Robert Falcon Scott was born on 6 June 1868 in Devonport. He became a naval cadet at the age of 13 and served on a number of Royal Navy ships in the 1880s and 1890s. He attracted the notice of the Royal Geographical Society, which appointed him to command the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904. The expedition - which included Ernest Shackleton - reached further south than anyone before them and Scott returned to Britain a national hero. He had caught the exploring bug and began to plan an expedition to be the first to reach the South Pole. He spent years raising funds for the trip.


    The whaling ship Terra Nova left Cardiff, Wales in June 1910 and the expedition set off from base the following October, with mechanical sledges, ponies and dogs. However, the sledges and ponies could not cope with the conditions and the expedition carried on without them, through appalling weather and increasingly tough terrain. In mid December, the dog teams turned back, leaving the rest to face the ascent of the Beardmore Glacier and the polar plateau. By January 1912, only five remained: Scott, Wilson, Oates, Bowers and Evans.


    On 17 January, they reached the pole, only to find that a Norwegian party led by Roald Amundsen, had beaten them there. They started the 1,500 km journey back. Evans died in mid-February. By March, Oates was suffering from severe frostbite and, knowing he was holding back his companions, walked out into the freezing conditions never to be seen again. The remaining three men died of starvation and exposure in their tent on 29 March 1912. They were in fact only 20 km from a pre-arranged supply depot.


    Eight months later, a search party found the tent, the bodies and Scott's diary. The bodies were buried under the tent, with a cairn of ice and snow to mark the spot.


    >>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/scott_of_antarctic.shtml


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