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Aleksandr's Time Line

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    Aleks' Time Line

  • Robert Scott is born.

    Scott was born in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

  • Roald Amundsen is born.

    Amundsen is born in Borge, Ostfold, Norway.

  • Ernest Shackleton is born.

    Shackleton is born in Kilkea, Ireland 46 miles from Dublin.

  • Mawson's birth

    Mawson is born in Yorkshire, England, UK

  • The Discovery Expedition sets outs.

    Shacketon and Scott go on an expedition to strive for the south pole.

  • The Discovery Expedition has retreats

    The Discovery Expedition retreats due to illness of Shackleton.

  • Scott returns home.

    Scott arrives home from the Discovery Expedition.

  • Shackleton leads an expedition to Antarctica.

    Shackleton leads an Expedition to Antarctica called the Nimrod Expedition.

  • Shackleton sets the scene.

    Shackleton sets the all time record for the south pole at latitude 88 degrees or 180 kilometres north from the pole.

  • Scott leads Expedition.

    Scott leads an Expedition to Antartcica called the Terra Nova.

  • Roald Amundsen leads an Expedition.

    Amundsen leads an Expedition to Antarctica.

  • The Race.

    Amundsen sends a telegram to Scott saying it's a race.

  • Roald Amundsen reaches the south pole.

    Amundsen is the first to reach the magnetic south pole.

  • Scott reaches the south pole.

    Scott is the second to reach the south pole, after Amundsen.

  • Scott's Death.

    Scott dies on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica on the way home from the Expedition to the south pole.

  • Mawson Expedition

    Douglas Mawson reaches the south pole in 1914.

  • Shackleton's Death

    Shackleton dies from a fatal heart attack.

  • Amundsen's Disappearance

    Amundsen disappears on a rescue Expedition

  • Mawson's Death

    Mawson dies in Brighton, South Australia, Australia