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Events on Tuesday 30 December 1902 1
1902Discovery Expedition Reaches Furthest SouthScott, Shackleton and Wilson set new Antarctic recordRobert Falcon Scott, Ernest Shackleton, and Edward Wilson reached 82°17'S on December 30, a new furthest-south record during the British National Antarctic Expedition. The sledging journey pushed the men to the brink of scurvy and exhaustion and helped launch the "Heroic Age" of Antarctic exploration.