Robert Falcon Scott

I have done this to show what an Englishman can do.

Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, surely, …

For God's sake look after our people.

for the honour of our country

I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.

The Beardmore Glacier is not difficult in fine weather, but on our return we did not get a single completely fine day; this with a sick companion enormously increased our anxieties.

He said, ‘I am just going outside and may be some time.’ He went out into the blizzard and we have not seen him since.

Make the boy interested in natural history if you can; it is better than games; they encourage it in some schools.

Great God! this is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority.