robert scott

     

On March 29, 1912 he wrote, "We are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far... I do not think I can write more"

Trivia about robert scott

  • This man, whose expedition was second to the South Pole, joined the Royal Navy in 1880, the year he turned 12
  • On Jan. 18, 1912 he & his men discovered the flag left behind by Roald Amundsen at the South Pole
  • The National Maritime Museum in Britain paid $81,100 for some of this ill-fated South Polar explorer's effects
  • The last entry in this Briton's diary, dated March 29, 1912, ended, "For God's sake look after our people"
  • On his first Antarctic expedition, he & his men reached a latitude of 82 degrees 17 minutes S., 500 miles from the South Pole
  • On March 29, 1912 this explorer made his last diary entry
  • No. 54:Froze to death with several companions in March 1912

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