1.   The source of the River Nile was discovered by a British explorer, John Speke.

2.   It was a day to celebrate the great British explorer.

3.   British explorer Ernest Shackleton had foresight.

4.   Cook, the famed British naval explorer, ran his ship, Endeavor, onto a hidden coral patch, gashed the bottom, nearly lost her altogether.

5.   The continent was first traversed by a British explorer, Alexander Mackenzie, who reached the Pacific at a point near Bella Coola in British Columbia.

6.   A group of New Zealanders in Antarctica on Friday celebrated the centenary of the first midwinter stopover on the frozen continent by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott.

7.   British explorer Roger Mear has started his quest to become the first person to walk alone and unaided across Antarctica, a spokesman announced Saturday.

8.   Hillary said he stood in awe of the British explorer.

9.   The party had just ended a visit to a hut built by British explorer Robert Falcon Scott when the bitingly cold weather suddenly closed in.