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Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912) celebrates his 43rd birthday at camp in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during his Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 6th June 1911. Scott is at the head of the table. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)

Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912) celebrates his 43rd birthday at camp in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica, during his Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic, 6th June 1911. Scott is at the head of the table. (Photo by Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge/Getty Images)