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  Robert Falcon Scott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scott was born at "Outlands", Stoke Damerel, near Devonport in England, to John Edward Scott, a brewer and magistrate, and Hannah Cuming.
Scott had explored the interior of Antarctica previously and had already determined in his mind that the Beardmore Glacier was the route to the central plateau and the South Pole.
Scott took large quantities of dried meat (pemmican) which was not high in fat although he did add extra fat to the rations used on the high polar plateau.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Captain_Scott   (4653 words)

  
 Bushrangers Andrew Scott
Scott immediately pleaded his ignorance and suggested that the Manager and School Teacher (who recognised his writing) had robbed the bank themselves, and were now trying to shift the blame.
Scott was believed (after all, since when do Ministers of Religion carry out robberies) and, although the charges against both men were dismissed through lack of evidence, they both lost their jobs.
Scott was released in 1879, when the Kellys were becoming notorious, and gave a series of lectures about the brutality of the prison system.
scs.une.edu.au /Bushrangers/ascott.htm   (506 words)

  
 Montgomery Scott - Memory Alpha - A Wikia wiki
Montgomery Scott was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom on Earth in 2222 (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold", TNG: "Relics").
Scott detested his assignment aboard the Excelsior, citing the ship as little more than a 'bucket of bolts.' He would later sabotage the Excelsior, removing components from her transwarp computer drive to prevent it from pursuing the Enterprise when the Enterprise was stolen for an unauthorized mission to planet Genesis.
Scott was first attracted to Carolyn Palamas and reacted bitterly to the Greek god Apollo's infatuation with her.
memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Montgomery_Scott   (1999 words)

  
 A Place Called Oregon - Ubiquitous Captain Scott
Captain Uriah Bonser Scott was born in Sciotoville, OH on the Ohio river, in the year 1827.
Scott Axes quickly became famous among the wood choppers at the iron smelting furnaces of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of southern Ohio.
Captain Scott died in 1913 at the age of 86.
gesswhoto.com /captscott.html   (2250 words)

  
 Antarctic Explorers: Robert F. Scott
Scott was to lead the party but had to decline as he had injured his knee in a skiing accident.
Scott could find no purpose in allowing Armitage to make a dash to the south as he felt, without dogs, Armitage would be fortunate to get as far as he had and would only risk death for himself and his party.
Scott was single and thirty-seven years old when, in April 1906, he announced at an RGS meeting that "I am sorry to say that my lines are cast in such places that in all probability I shall not return to those regions".
www.south-pole.com /p0000089.htm   (13787 words)

  
 Showcases :: Captain Scott's Terra Nova Antarctic diaries
The diaries of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN (1868-1912), document the heroic attitude and scientific activities of polar explorers at the turn of the century.
(Scott's party lugged 35 pounds of geological specimens until they died.) He writes letters to family and friends, and a message to the public on the planning and execution of the southern sledging journey.
Scott's Last Expedition, edited by Leonard Huxley, appeared in 1913, and the account was popularised - not least to raise funds for the expedition that was in debt.
www.bl.uk /onlinegallery/themes/histtexts/scott.html   (507 words)

  
 SECRETS OF THE DEAD . Tragedy at The Pole | PBS
By the time Scott and his companions reached the South Pole, on January 17, Amundsen's team was nearly back at their camp on the Bay of Whales.
Scott, Wilson, Bowers, and Oates continued down the glacier to sea level on the Barrier, the 400-mile stretch of sea ice that lay between them and their hut on Cape Evans.
Scott characterized it as a brave act of sacrifice; that Oates had given his life so that the expedition would not be held up on account of his injuries.
www.pbs.org /wnet/secrets/case_southpole/index.html   (1206 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Captain Scott: Books: Ranulph Fiennes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Scott, then thirty-one years old and a Commander in the Royal Navy, was first short listed and then appointed leader of the National Antarctic Expedition on 30th June, 1900.
Scott’s two major polar journeys, where he led over sixty “highly critical and difficult characters without the whiff of mutiny” are the subject of Fiennes’s stirring biography.
Although Scott’s heroic 1910 - 1912 journey to the South Pole indicates that he was probably the last great geographical explorer-fame that endured for another seventy years after the greater part of the British Empire had been dismantled, the time was ripe for character assassination.
www.amazon.ca /Captain-Scott-Ranulph-Fiennes/dp/0340826975   (1307 words)

  
 captain robert falcon scott | biography (1868-1912) scott of the antarctic
Oates was presented as a devoted follower of Scott who had sacrificed himself to give his companions a chance; a supporting role, as it were, in a b urgeoning heroic myth.
The facts on the life of Robert Scott are thus: he was born in Devonport into a navy family and became a cadet at the age of 13.
Scott and his colleagues died on a glacier which inched its way towards the sea.
www.leninimports.com /captain_robert_f_scott.html   (912 words)

  
 Captain Scott - Antarctic explorer : National Maritime Museum
While Scott was sailing south on his second expedition, he heard the news that the Norwegian, Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), was going to Antarctica and was likely to try to reach the South Pole first.
Scott planned to reach the Pole from Ross Island, using ponies and three motorised sledges, with a few dogs in support, then by man-hauling his sledges.
Scott's men had been beaten and, along with all the hardships of the return journey, their morale was badly affected.
www.nmm.ac.uk /server/show/conWebDoc.185   (1524 words)

  
 The Scott Family (Captain Britain characters)
She berated the Captain for his exhausted appearance, suggesting he was pushing himself too hard in an attempt to stop feeling guilty.
Captain Britain worriedly checked to ensure the family were uninjured, then apologized to Joan for the damage.
(Captain Britain II#1/1 (fb) - BTS) - The Scotts were swiftly rehoused on the much-sought after Bellingham Estate, the publicity surrounding their circumstances causing the keys to be handed over to them by councillor Robert Varney at a public ceremony on the steps of the local town hall.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix2/scottfamily.htm   (2607 words)

  
 Doomed Expedition To The Pole, 1912
Inside, they found the body of Captain Scott wedged between those of his fellow explorers, the flaps of his sleeping bag thrown back, his coat open.
Scott's British team distrusted the use of dogs preferring horses, once these died from the extreme conditions the sleds were man-hauled to the Pole and back.
Scott's expedition would have covered a round-trip distance of 1766 miles from their base camp to the Pole.
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /scott.htm   (1490 words)

  
 Ernest Darius Scott, Jr., Captain, United States Air Force
Captain Ernest D. Scott, Jr., Air Corps (USMA January 1943), was killed near Selfridge Field, Michigan, when on duty as co-pilot of a plane on an inspection trip from Washington, D.C. He was born 1 November 1920 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Captain Scott trained for his wings at various fields, mostly in the Southwest.
Scott commanded the 15th Field Artillery from 1927-28 and the 11th Field Artillery from 1920 -31, when he was promoted to brigadier general.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /edscott.htm   (693 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Scott's Last Expedition: The Journals: Books: Robert Falcon Scott,Beryl Bainbridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Even in his final hours, Scott found the strength to continue the journal he'd started at the beginning of his adventures; the diary was found beside his frozen body.
The team's daily progress towards their final goal is recorded in Scott's vivid, personal narrative, as well as his impressions of the harsh conditions, the stark beauty of the tundra, and his own increasingly desperate ambition to beat his rivals to the Pole.
Shortly before he died, Scott wrote: "Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman." Robert Falcon Scott and his men died, but their story lives on in his journals.
www.amazon.com /Scotts-Expedition-Robert-Falcon-Scott/dp/0786703822   (1678 words)

  
 Captain Atom
The government then invented an elaborate background and history for Captain Atom that omitted all of his military connections and presented him to the unsuspecting public as the newest superhero sensation.
From this point on, the Captain began using the name Cameron Scott in private, an identity that is part of the government's cover-up.
Captain Atom was originally published by Charlton Comics, which was later bought by DC Comics.
www.mykey3000.com /cosmicteams/profiles/captainatom.html   (1433 words)

  
 The crew of the yacht DREAM TOO: Captain Scott Smith and Captain Robin Sabino.
Captain Scott Smith has been interacting with and recording the behaviors of the Atlantic Spotted dolphin on the Little Bahama Bank since 1981.
Scott is an accomplished underwater photographer and videographer, and his relationship with the dolphin has enabled him to document a comprehensive range of behaviors.
Scott has been featured in a on-hour documentary for Japanese television, educational videos, and the subject of books and magazines worldwide.
www.gate.net /~dream2/trips/crew/thecrew.html   (679 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Captain Scott: Books: Sir Ranulph Fiennes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Scott's image in the national psyche is a Victorian failure who was incompetent and unprepared for what lay ahead of him.
Scott, Oates, Bowers, Evans and Wilson were men tested beyond the limits of human endurance till eventually even they had to succumb to the extreme cold of the Barrier suffering terribly in the process (far colder than it was normally at that time of year).
Fiennes shows that Scott was concerned, willing to learn from experience, dedicated to his scientific program and to the welfare of his men, a hard worker who demanded hard work from his team, a great leader and much admired by his contemporaries and rivals.
www.amazon.co.uk /Captain-Scott-Sir-Ranulph-Fiennes/dp/0340826991   (1681 words)

  
 SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC MOVIE STARRING JOHN MILLS AND JAMES ROBERTSON JUSTICE 1948 FILM
John Mills stars as Commander Scott, the leader of the ill-fated and famed 1911 expedition to be the first to discover the South Pole.
Captain Robert Falcon Scott was born at Outlands on June 6, 1868, to John and Hannah Scott.......
The Captain Scott Society was established in Cardiff, UK, to commemorate the association of the City with Scott's Last Expedition and to encourage the Spirit of Adventure that he inspired.
www.solarnavigator.net /films_movies_actors/scott_of_the_antarctic.htm   (1724 words)

  
 Captain Scott's Seafood Restaurant - Sandwich, MA - Home
Scott provided fresh local seafood for residents, and for folks passing through in the search for fresh fish.
For a while, George Scott was providing Sandwich residents with fresh market seafood, cooked or raw for your pleasure.
Then George Scott found it time to sell and retire and in the late 70's, Louie McMenamy purchased the establishment and Louie concentrated on fried seafood (discontinuing the fish market), where food was prepared on paper plates and was served through a take-out window and enjoyed in a picnic area.
www.captainscotts.com   (207 words)

  
 Granta: 'Captain Scott's Biscuit' by Thomas Keneally
Antarctic explorers, including Scott and his doomed four, subsisted on a diet of this biscuit, often mixed with and softened by water and pemmican, that is, chunks of compacted, dried meat.
By mid-afternoon the captain had got the ship to work, slicing open areas in the ice, but we reached a point where there was nowhere for the ice we penetrated and cracked to go.
Scott’s bed in his personal alcove, and his study-table with its notebooks and newspapers, are affecting to this day, to the point that some of our fellow passengers found our night-time visit the central experience of their journey.
www.granta.com /extracts/2038   (5110 words)

  
 Schulers Books (The Voyages of Captain Scott - 1/60)
BY SIR J. On the night of my original meeting with Scott he was but lately home from his first adventure into the Antarctic and my chief recollection of the occasion is that having found the entrancing man I was unable to leave him.
He had four sons, all in the Royal Navy, of whom the eldest had as youngest child John Edward Scott, father of the Captain Scott who was born at Oatlands on June 6, 1868.
These were the waters first ploughed by Scott, and he invented many ways of being in them accidentally, it being forbidden to enter them of intent.
www.schulers.com /books/ch/v/The_Voyages_of_Captain_Scott   (1118 words)

  
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Despite recent negative news releases in the media regarding Captain Speicher’s current Missing In Action/Captured status, friends of the missing man are showing that not only have they not lost hope for his homecoming, but are instead displaying the tenaciousness that has become their trademark.
Scott Speicher's jet was launched off the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga in the Red Sea on the first night of Operation Desert Storm—January 17, 1991.
Scott's friend and one of the founding members of the group, Nels Jensen, has been quoted as saying, "The most important thing about the new website is that it lets the world know that Scott Speicher is a real person; an American hero.
www.freescottspeicher.org /newspaper.htm   (1059 words)

  
 US People--Scott, Norman, Rear Admiral, USN
Captain Scott was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations during the first months of 1942.
Rear Admiral Scott was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous intrepidity" during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942.
Again challenged, a month later, by the return of a stubborn and persistent foe, he led his force into a desperate battle against tremendous odds, directing close-range operations against the invading enemy until he himself was killed in the furious bombardment by their superior fire power.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-s/n-scott.htm   (940 words)

  
 BBC News | Sci/Tech | Scott caught out by cold snap
The British explorer Robert Falcon Scott might have survived his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1912 if it were not for a freak cold snap.
Capt Scott was just 13 miles (20 kilometres) away from the supplies at one-ton depot which would probably have saved him.
He knew this, but Scott and the two men who died with him in that tent were exhausted beyond their limits.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/509940.stm   (617 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Basher Five-Two: The True Story of F-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O'Grady: Books: Scott O'Grady,Michael ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Scott runs into the forest and `digs in' - which means he digs himself into a little hole in the ground.
Scott is so happy to get to see his whole family again because that's why he was fighting.
Scott wanted to live and he found power in the bracelet that he had gotten from his family.
www.amazon.com /Basher-Five-Two-Fighter-Captain-OGrady/dp/038532300X   (1880 words)

  
 The Society
The Captain Scott Society exists to perpetuate the memory of Captain Scott and his comrades and their association with the City of Cardiff.
Both are awarded to expeditions that exhibit the ‘spirit of adventure’ that was so nobly demonstrated by Captain Scott and The British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913.
The Captain Scott Society was formed from those who attended that function and the Alexandra Room, in which the original dinner had been held, was renamed the Captain Scott Room.
captainscottsociety.co.uk /thesociety.html   (359 words)

  
 Captain Brian Scott
Captain Scott has a telepatic rating of one.
To this day Captain Brian Scott holds himself responsable for what happened to his sister.
Brian Scott quickly went threw the ranks because of his quick thinking, and his dedication to duty.
members.aol.com /brianscott1701   (530 words)

  
 Washington Speakers Bureau: Scott O'Grady
Scott O'Grady speaks about his incredible true-life struggle to survive in the hostile territory of war-torn Bosnia.
Scott O'Grady's story is an inspirational tale of courage, faith and patriotism by an American hero.
Scott O’Grady survived a life or death ordeal that made headlines and inspired millions.
www.washingtonspeakers.com /speakers/Speaker.cfm?SpeakerID=1654   (284 words)

  
 Florida Charters - Sight Fishing the Flats for Redfish on the Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River
Captain Scott is a renowned Fly and Light Tackle Sight Fishing Specialist.
This boat is light and fast, enabling Capt. Scott to spend more time fishing and less time traveling from flat to flat.
Scott is equipped with G. Loomis Spinning Rods and Shimano Reels.
www.redfish.teof.com   (817 words)

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