The Antarctic ship Discovery arrived at Portsmouth Harbour on September 10th, 1904. Robert Falcon Scott was promoted to the naval rank of Commander, prior to the Discovery sailing for the Antarctic on July 31st, 1901. Soon after her arrival in Portsmouth 1904 Commander Scott was promoted to Captain. This photograph shows her arriving at the jetty with her crew on deck. This is one many historic photographs included on the Portsmouth Dockyard 1900-1920 A Photographic History CD-ROM, please note that the image shown is of lower resolution and quality than the image on the CD-ROM.