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Author of numerous books and in his biography of Captain Scott Dafila Scott initially trained and worked as a zoologist, but then turned to art.

Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September – 29 August ) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman....

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1911: Dr Wilson, Lt Bowers, Capt Scott, PO Taff Evans and Capt Oates

A granddaughter of Captain Scott has arrived in Antarctica exactly 100 years after he began his epic and fatal journey.

Dafila Scott has been chosen by the Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) in Cambridge to be their artist in residence on HMS Scott.

"The opportunity to go to Antarctica on the centenary of my grandfather's last expedition is amazing," she said.

Altogether she will spend a month on the Royal Navy ocean survey vessel.

Acquisitions during the year included a number of gifts and purchases.

After training and working as a zoologist, Dafila Scott turned to drawing and painting, studying under Robin Child at Lydgate Art Research.

Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September – 29 August ) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman.

In World War Two Scott served in the Royal Navy, at first seeing action in the Battle of France and the Battle of the Atlantic,

Dafila Scott's illustrations are the perfect accompaniment to naturalist Tony Soper's detailed and researched text.

The ship is the second to be named after Captain Robert Falcon Scott.

He and his team died on their return journey from the South Pole. They hoped to be the first explorers to reach it.

Instead they were beaten to it by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen a month earlier.

Dafila Scott, who lives near Cambridge, specialises in painting landscapes and is a member of the Society of Wildlife Artists.

Dafila Scott