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Return from South Pole Begins

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1912Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1912

Robert Falcon Scott18 January 1912

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

The Polar Party begins the roughly 800-mile return journey from the South Pole on 18 January.

Names involved

Robert Falcon Scott

Provenance

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