'Facsimile of Message to the Public', 29 March 1912, (1913). Artist: Robert Falcon Scott.

'Facsimile of Message to the Public', 29 March 1912, (1913). Artist: Robert Falcon Scott.

2-691-240 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Facsimile of Message to the Public', 29 March 1912, (1913). Final part of Robert F Scott's letter: 'We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. Scott. Last Entry: For God's sake, look after our people.' The final expedition of British Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) left London on 1 June 1910 bound for the South Pole. The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition (1910-1913), included a geologist, a zoologist, a surgeon, a photographer, an engineer, a ski expert, a meteorologist and a physicist among others. Scott wished to continue the scientific work that he had begun when leading the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic in 1901-04. He also wanted to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. Scott, accompanied by Dr Edward Wilson, Captain Lawrence Oates, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Petty Officer Edgar Evans, reached the Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that the Norwegian expedition under Amundsen had beaten them to their objective by a month. Delayed by blizzards, and running out of supplies, Scott and the remainder of his team died at the end of March. Their bodies and diaries were found eight months later. From Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I. [Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1913]


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Robert Falcon Scott, attributed to: British: Naval officer, explorer
People Related
  1. Robert Falcon Scott: British: Naval officer, explorer

Geographic Hierarchy

World Antarctica

  1. 83 50 37 S , 065 43 30 E

Category Hierarchy

History & Politics Other

Society & Culture Death & Burial

Science & Nature Discovery & Exploration


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4113x5856
File Size : 70,564kb


Aliases

  1. 0580058613
  1. 2-691-240
  1. 2691240

Buy a Print  

Keywords - refine your search by combining multiple keywords below.