Discovery Expedition
The party eventually reached the Discovery on 3 February 1903 after covering 960 miles (1,540 km) including relays, in 93 days travel at a daily average of just over 10 miles (16 km).
Discovery Expedition
Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records from PostgreSQL.
Discovery Expedition — page 2 of 2
25 records per page39records in this factsheet
2pages
1903–1905years on this page
1903
Discovery Expedition
The relief ship provided an opportunity for some of the party to return home.
Discovery Expedition
At the end of March 1903 the Morning is ordered to return, leaving supplies with the Discovery, still sealed in the ice, several crew are exchanged, including Shackleton, who was considered not healthy enough to remain for the winter
Discovery Expedition
While the Morning is refitted for another relief voyage, this time organised by the Admiralty rather than the Royal Geographical Society, she sails south again in November, in company with a second relief ship, Terra Nova.
Discovery Expedition
The party reached Discovery on 24 December, after a round trip of seven hundred miles covered in 59 days. Their daily average of over 14 miles on this man-hauling journey was significantly better than that achieved with dogs on the previous seasons southern journey, a fact which further strengthened Scotts prejudices against dogs
1904
Discovery Expedition
The relief ship Morning returned, this time with a second ship, the Terra Nova.
Discovery Expedition
The Terra Nova relief ship meets Discovery. Evans leads men laying explosives to blast a channel through eight miles of ice, helping free Discovery shortly before a heavy gale strikes.
Discovery Expedition
In recognition of his work with the expedition, Scott names a mountain overlooking the Sound as Mount Evans
Discovery Expedition
Most of the ice suddenly broke up, and Morning and Terra Nova are at last able to sail alongside Discovery.
Discovery Expedition
The Discovery begins the return journey to New Zealand
Discovery Expedition
On its return to Britain the expeditions reception was initially muted. Markham was present to meet the ship in Portsmouth when Discovery docked there on 10 September 1904, but no dignitaries greeted the party when it arrived in London a few days later
Discovery Expedition
Scott was quickly promoted to Captain, and invited to Balmoral Castle to meet King Edward VII, who invested him as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
Discovery Expedition
The Discovery Expedition reports King Edward VII Land, the Polar Plateau, the Dry Valleys, Cape Crozier's emperor penguin colony and extensive coastal and mountain surveys
1905
Discovery Expedition
Scott was given leave from the Navy to write the official expedition account, The Voyage of the Discovery; this was published in 1905
Provenance and editorial notes
This factsheet contains records exported from PostgreSQL public.historical_events. Duplicate display records have been collapsed. Stored wording is otherwise presented without historical claims added by the generator. For academic citation, verify records against appropriate primary or specialist sources.