* 1912 – Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.

Named for the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen by the Norwegian expedition of 1928 – 29, under Captain Nils Larsen, while exploring this area in February, 1929.

Captain Roald Amundsen and his South Pole party ascended Axel Heiberg Glacier near the central part of this group in November 1911, naming these mountains for Queen Maud of Norway.

Amundsen Circle ( officially the Captain Roald Amundsen Plaza ) is a traffic circle and park bounded by Amboy Road, Clarke Avenue and Savoy Street.

This story is extremely similar to an experience that Roald Dahl encountered with his own teacher, Captain Hardcastle, which is described in Boy.

Five first-person narratives give different perspectives on the voyage: Petty Officer Taff Evans ; the ship's scholar, medic, and biologist Dr. Edward Wilson ; Robert Falcon Scott ; Lieutenant Henry Bowers ; and Captain Lawrence Oates each give their account of the hardships, the problems, and finally the failure of their endeavour: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen beats them to the South Pole by a month.

The production starred Shirley Booth ( as Juno Boyle ), Melvyn Douglas ( as Captain Boyle ), Jack MacGowran ( as Joxer ), and Tommy Rall ( as Johnny Boyle ), with a cast that also included Loren Driscoll, Monte Amundsen, Nancy Andrews, Jean Stapleton, and Sada Thompson.

Even the first wave of homesickness had passed, although there were moments when Captain Heard pointed out on his compass the direction of Bradford that she felt a little twinge at her heart.

Captain Musmanno roared at his men to lash three of the casks of olive oil together for a raft.

The safe at Ingleside District Station stands next to the gum machine in a narrow passageway that leads to Captain Harris's office ( to the left ), the lieutenant's office ( farther along and to the left ) and the janitor's supply closet ( straight ahead ).

The tower cleared the plane for take-off at 8 a.m., and Captain Rickards began taxiing toward the runway.

There was a tap at the door and Oliver entered with the word that Heiser wished to see the Captain.

During his raid on Washington, D. C. in 1864, Lincoln was watching the combat from an exposed position ; Captain Oliver Wendell Holmes shouted at him, " Get down, you damn fool, before you get shot!

It was here, on 16 July 1916, that he again met his lifelong friend, Captain Arthur Hastings, and solved the first of his cases to be published: The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

That these settlers survived at all is due in large measure to Captain John Smith, a pirate turned gentleman.

Napoleon returned to Paris for review, was exonerated, promoted to Captain and given leave to escort his sister, a schoolgirl, back to Corsica at state expense.

The third British ship into action was HMS Orion under Captain Sir James Saumarez, which rounded the engagement at the head of the battle line and passed between the French main line and the frigates that lay closer inshore.

The convention in naval warfare of the time was that ships of the line did not attack frigates when there were ships of equal size to engage, but in firing first French Captain Claude-Jean Martin had negated the rule and Saumarez waited until the frigate was at close range before replying.

In addition to his cannon fire, Hood called up his Marines and ordered them to fire volleys of musket shot at the deck of the French ship, driving the crew out of sight but still failing to secure the surrender from Captain Trullet.

Captain Darby recognised that his position was untenable and ordered the anchor cables cut at 20: 20.

Warned away from the Aboukir shoals by the grounded Culloden, Captain Benjamin Hallowell in Swiftsure passed the melee at the head of the line and aimed his ship at the French centre.

The popular view can be summarized in an essay published in 1965, the then Captain Robert O ’ Neill, Professor of the History of War at the Oxford University.

The main weapons of assassination chosen organised the successful assassination of King Alexander I of Serbia and his consort Draga ; he confirmed that Captain Dragutin Dimitrijevic, who had personally led the group of Army officers who killed the royal couple in the Old Palace at Belgrade on the night of 28 / 29 May 1903 ( Old Style ), was also the Black Hand's leader.

From 1938 to 1945, he held a succession of positions, first becoming senior history master at Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon in 1938 ( and also a Captain in the school's OTC ), then instructor at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1939.

" According to Dhanis ' medical officer, Captain Hinde, their town of Ngandu had " at least 2, 000 polished human skulls " as a " solid white pavement in front " of its gates, with human skulls crowning every post of the stockade.

His father was Captain John Kyd, who was lost at sea.

Captain Kidd and the Blessed William became part of a small fleet assembled by Codrington to defend Nevis from the French, with whom the English were at war.

One year later, " Captain " Culliford, a notorious pirate, stole Kidd's ship while he was ashore at Antigua in the West Indies.

Captain America: Reborn # 1 ( Aug. 2009 ) reveals that Rogers did not die, and that the gun Sharon Carter had been hypnotized to use had actually caused Rogers to phase in and out of space and time, appearing at events in his lifetime and fighting battles.

Following the apparent death of Bucky at the hands of Sin ( in the form of Skadi ), Steve Rogers ends up changing into his Captain America outfit.

Captain was by now almost uncontrollable with her wheel shot away.

Toledo was named by Celeste Rochon after a pioneer side wheel paddle steamer operated by Captain Oren Kellogg of the Kellogg Transportation Company.

Captain Raphael Semmes standing by his ship's 110-pounder rifled cannon and his executive officer, 1st Lieutenant John M. Kell, standing by the ship's wheel.

The display shifts to a tour of early forestry, fishing, and mining industries ( including a mine shaft and water wheel ), and then a history of exploration ( that includes a model of the original Fort Victoria and a large scale replica of Captain George Vancouver's ship the HMS Discovery.

By December 1547, Ralph Cleisbye, Captain of the fort, had guns including ; a wheel mounted demi-culverin ; 2 brass sakers ; a falcon ; and another fixed demi-culverin.

There is also the Captain, a Koala who is always found asleep behind Fred's wheel.

Captain Attilio Ferraris along with Guido Masetti, Fulvio Bernardini and Rodolfo Volk were highly important players during this period.

An early Western description of the practice appears in the journals of Captain James Cook, a British explorer, who encountered amok firsthand in 1770 during a voyage around the world.

The Chief Captain ( senior military commander ) of the Nephites during this time was Captain Moroni.

He may have been a sailor on privateer ships during Queen Anne's War before settling on the Caribbean island of New Providence, a base for Captain Benjamin Hornigold, whose crew Teach joined sometime around 1716.

It was during one of these latter engagements that Captain Miller of Theseus was killed in an ammunition explosion.

Many had perished from scurvy, while others ( including Captain Arnaud ) died during a failed attempt to sail after a passing ship to fetch help.

Also during World War I a mail fringe, designed by Captain Cruise of the British Infantry, was added to helmets to protect the face.

Beatty was strongly commended by Captain E. H. Bayley, who had been his commander during the siege, and by the commander in chief.

Beatty is reported to have remarked ( to his Flag Captain, Chatfield, later First Sea Lord in the early 1930s ), " there seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today ," after two of them had exploded within half an hour during the battle.

Captain Germán Astete of the Peruvian Navy took with him dozens of Gatling guns from the US to Peru in December 1879 during the Peru-Chile War of the Pacific.

* 1799 – The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.

The Captain and the Kids expanded as a daily strip during the 1930s, but it had only a short run.

As a Captain, Rains had earlier employed explosive booby traps during the Seminole Wars in Florida in 1840.

The Lexington Minuteman, a statue commemorating John Parker ( captain ) | Captain John Parker, a commander of American militia forces during the American Revolutionary War.

Unlike the DC Universe, few of Marvel's 1940s characters have become major characters in modern publications ; Captain America is one exception, and to a lesser extent his contemporary, the Sub-Mariner, is as well, primarily because both of these characters were reintroduced to readers and to the Marvel Universe during the 1960s.

The British first sighted New Caledonia on 4 September 1774, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.

Chief of Staff Captain Aloysius Tom Ur told troops in January 2004 that the 2004 strength of 3, 000 would be reduced by one-third, and that during 2004, the force's personnel branch would merge with the support branch into a new organisation.

Heinlein was frequently interviewed during his later years by military historians who asked him about Captain King and his service as the commander of the U. S. Navy's first modern aircraft carrier.

The Xindi arc, started over a year ago in " The Expanse ," ended with the third episode, " Home ," which mostly dealt with Captain Archer's ethically and morally questionable actions during the yearlong mission in the Expanse.

She was placed in the engineering department, which had no clear department head because the original chief engineer was killed during the trip to the Delta Quadrant ; Captain Janeway eventually promoted Torres to chief engineer based on, now Voyager XO, Chakotay's recommendation.

Captain Bligh arrived at St Helena in 1792 during his second attempt to ship a cargo of bread-fruit trees to Jamaica.

Among the commanding officers of the Argentine Garrison was Alfredo Astiz, a Captain in the Argentine Navy who, years later, was convicted of felonies committed during the Dirty War in Argentina.

* 1774 – New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.