The British Antarctic Expedition, led by Robert Falcon Scott, departed from New Zealand on the Terra Nova while Roald Amundsen, on board the Fram was also en route to the Antarctic and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, led by Nobu Shirase, departed Tokyo on the ship Kainan Maru.
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The British Antarctic Expedition departed from London with a goal of reaching the South Pole in December..
The first European American settlements on the banks of the Iditarod were made when a steamer brought gold prospectors to within eight miles of a gold strike.
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Philippine Insurrectionist on Panay began to surrender under orders from Ananías Diokno.
The RRS Discovery, a British National Antarctic Expedition ship was launched. She was the last wooden three masted ship to be built in the United Kingdom.
Nikola Tesla applied for the patent for "Apparatus for the Utilization of Radiant Energy" that being "a machine to capture the sun's cosmic rays and turn them into electricity".
Maine adopted a flag.
