What is Robert Falcon Scott?
{{Infobox person | name = Robert Falcon Scott | image = Scott of the Antarctic crop.jpg | image_size = 220px | alt = Man with receding hairline, looking left, wearing naval uniform with medals, polished buttons and heavy shoulder decorations | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1868|6|6}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1912|3|29|1868|6|6}} | birth_place = [[Plymouth, Devon]], [[England]] | death_place = [[Ross Ice Shelf]], [[Antarctica]] | education = Naval cadet programme, [[HMS Britannia (1820)|HMS ''Britannia'']] | spouse = [[Kathleen Bruce]] | children = Peter Markham Scott, later Sir [[Peter Scott]] | parents = John Edward and Hannah Scott | occupation = Royal Navy officer and Antarctic explorer }} [[File:Antarctic expedition map (Amundsen - Scott)-en.svg|thumb|right|220px|alt= Map of a segment of [[Antarctica]], identifying the polar marches of Scott and Amundsen. The track of Scott's journey shows the approximate locations of the deaths of the members of his polar party.|The routes to the South Pole taken by Scott (green) and Amundsen (red), 1911–1912.]] [[File:Robert Falcon Scott by Herbert Ponting.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Scott, writing his journal in the Cape Evans hut, winter 1911]] [[File:Scottgroup.jpg|thumb|right|220px|alt=Five men(three standing, two sitting on the icy ground) in heavy polar clothing. All look exhausted and unhappy. The standing men are carrying flagstaffs and a Union flag flies from a mast in the background. Scott's party at the South Pole.<br /> Left to right: Wilson; Bowers; Evans; Scott; Oates|Scott's group took this photograph of themselves using a string to operate the shutter on 17 January 1912, the day after they discovered Amundsen had reached the pole first.]] [[Captain]] '''Robert Falcon Scott''' [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|CVO]], [[Royal Navy|RN]] (6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912) was an [[English people|English]] [[Royal Navy]] [[officer]] and [[explorer]] who died on an expe