 Captain Robert Falcon Scott CVO RN ( 6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912 ) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions : the Discovery Expedition , 1901 – 1904 , and the ill @-@ fated Terra Nova Expedition , 1910 – 1913 . On the first expedition , he set a new southern record by sailing further south than any ship had gone before. obviously, his second expedition to the South Pole ended in failure. Scott died on the return journey from the South Pole.
The Scott Monument is a monument to the polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott. It is the second largest free-standing