Robert Falcon Scott

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

“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.”

“We took risks, we knew we took them; things have come out against us, and therefore we have no cause for complaint, but bow to the will of Providence, determined still to do our best to the last.”

“For God's sake look after our people.”

“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.”

“It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more.”

“The causes of failure are not due to faulty organisation, but to misfortune in all risks which had to be undertaken.”

“We are showing that Englishmen can still die with a bold spirit, fighting it out to the end.”

“We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey.”

“Every day we have been ready to start for our depot 11 miles away, but outside the door of the tent it remains a scene of whirling drift.”

“Surely the vilest journey in the world.”