1909 September
Terra Nova Expedition Planning
Develops plans for a new British Antarctic expedition.
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Terra Nova Expedition Planning and Recruitment
Funding, organisation, appointments and preparations for the British Antarctic Expedition. This page combines historical context with 18 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database Terra Nova archive.
Historical context
Terra Nova Expedition Planning and Recruitment: overview and significance
What happened?
Scott's second Antarctic expedition required fundraising, recruitment, scientific planning, transport preparation and the acquisition and fitting out of Terra Nova. Specialists were appointed for medicine, geology, meteorology, zoology, transport and ship operations.
Why was it important?
The expedition's mixed scientific and geographical programme depended on a complex organisation assembled before departure. Decisions about transport, supplies, personnel and finance shaped everything that followed in Antarctica.
World History Database records
Terra Nova Expedition Planning and Recruitment timeline
The records below are selected from the 89-record Terra Nova archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.
1909
1909
Second-in-Command Appointment
Scott appoints Evans second-in-command, as well as Captain of the Terra Nova.
1909
Terra Nova Support Transferred
Transfers supporters and resources to the Terra Nova expedition.
1910
1910
Terra Nova Dog Team Appointment
Girev joins the expedition as a dog driver after travelling from Siberia to New Zealand to meet Terra Nova.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Appointment
Joins Terra Nova as surgeon and parasitologist.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Appointment
Accompanies Captain Scott on the "Terra Nova" expedition to the South Pole, 1910-12.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Appointment
Joins Terra Nova as leader of the eastern exploration party.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Appointment
Alfred Cheetham joins Scott's Terra Nova expedition as an experienced Antarctic seaman.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Appointment
Joins Scott's expedition as an assistant zoologist.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Appointment
Joins the expedition as a motor mechanic.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Appointment
Joins Scott's expedition as a geologist.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Appointment
Accompanies Scott on the ill fated "Terra Nova" expedition to the South Pole, 1910-12.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Appointment
Joins Scott's expedition as an animal transport specialist.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Appointment
Lawrence Oates accompanies Scott's Terra Nova expedition and takes responsibility for the ponies used during the planned southern journey.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Appointment
Joins Scott's expedition with responsibility for ponies.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Appointment
Joins the expedition to lead geological fieldwork.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Funding
Scott completes a funding campaign combining government grants, private donations and subscriptions to finance the British Antarctic Expedition.
1910
Terra Nova Expedition Participation
Tom Crean accompanies Scott on the Terra Nova expedition, bringing experience gained during the earlier Discovery Expedition.
Editorial provenance
Sources and editorial review
Compiled and edited by World History Database.
Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database Terra Nova records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
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