Discovery Expedition
BRITISH SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO ANTARCTICA (1901-1904)
British National Antarctic Expedition; Discovery expedition; National Antarctic Expedition; Scott 1903 Expedition; British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04; British Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04; British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04; British Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04; Scott's first Antarctic expedition
The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843). Organized on a large scale under a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), the new expedition carried out scientific research and geographical exploration in what was then largely an untouched continent.