Robert Falcon Scott15 June 1910
Terra Nova leaves Cardiff carrying Scott's British Antarctic Expedition toward the Ross Sea.
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Terra Nova leaves Cardiff carrying Scott's British Antarctic Expedition toward the Ross Sea.
George Clarke Simpson joins Scott's Terra Nova expedition as meteorologist and prepares to direct the expedition's weather observations.
Scott names the west Ross Island winter-quarters site Cape Evans in honour of Edward Evans.
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