Robert Falcon Scott Markham's first choice as leader but, having decided on him, the older man's support remained constant. There were committee battles over the scope of Scott's responsibilities, with the Royal Society pressing to put a scientist in charge of the expedition's programme while Scott merely commanded the ship. Eventually, however, Markham's view prevailed; Scott was given overall command, and was promoted to the rank of commander before "Discovery" sailed for the Antarctic on 6 August 1901. King Edward VII, who showed a keen interest in the expedition, visited the Discovery the day before the ship left British shores in August 1901,
Fanny Campbell, the Female Pirate Captain voyage, Lovell asks Campbell to marry him. Campbell says she will marry Lovell when he returns from his second voyage. In 1775, just before the American Revolution, William Lovell and ten other Americans, are seized and put in irons by the captain and crew of the British ship the Constance, which sets sail for Cuba. Fanny Campell decides to rescue her fiancé. She dresses as a man, calls herself Channing, and signs on as a deckhand on the Constance. On board the ship, rumors begin to circulate that the captain is going to take the entire crew to England and