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4. Shaw, letter to Kathleen Scott, 23 March 1923.
5. Hansen, quoted by Huntford, Scott and Amundsen, p. 563.
6. Guardian, 23 January 1997.
7. Taylor, op. cit., p. 241.
8. Rogers, in Starving Sailors, edited by Watt, Freeman and Bynum, p. 166.
9. Stroud, Shadow on the Wasteland, p. 99 and Mear and Swan, op. cit. p. 64.
10. Rogers, in Starving Sailors, p. 166.
11. This is Ranulph Fiennes’ experience, described on p. 285 of his book, Captain Scott.
12. Rogers, Practitioner, 1974, 2–12, The Death of Chief Petty Officer Evans.
13. Rogers, in Starving Sailors, p. 172.
14. The data underlying these calculations is given on p. 216 of Solomon, op. cit.
15. The quote on Scott’s ability to command circumstances is from his letter to Kathleen, 17 January 1909. The quotes from Cherry-Garrard are from Wheeler, Cherry, p. 105.
16. Undated letter to Peter Scott.
17. Undated annotation by Kathleen Scott in the front of her 1913 diary, held among Kennet family papers.
18. Oates, letter to mother, 28 October 1911 and Bowers, letter of 8 December 1911.
19. Marshall, quoted by Huntford, Shackleton, p. 220.
20. Ibid., p. 263.
21. Wild, diary, quoted by Huntford, Shackleton, p. 263.
22. Ibid., p. 267.
23. Mear and Swan, op. cit., p. 160.
24. Fiennes, To the Ends of the Earth, p. 185.
25. Wilson, Diary of the Discovery Expedition, ed. Savours, p. 173.
26. Heyerdahl, quoted by Fiennes, To the Ends of the Earth, pp 211–212.
27. Fiennes, To the Ends of the Earth, p. 204.
28. Oates, letter to mother, 28 November 1911.
29. Scott on Atkinson, excised diary entry, 2 February 1911.
30. Solomon, op. cit., pp. 313–317.
31. Rogers, Practitioner, 1974, 2–12, The Death of Chief Petty Officer Evans.
32. Solomon, op. cit., p. 231.
33. Falckh, Polar Record, 1987, (145:397–403), The Death of Chief Petty Officer Evans.
34. Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World, p. 565.
Epilogue
1. Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World, p. 584.
2. Scott, Kathleen, quoted by Young, op. cit., p. 163.
3. The Times, 11 February 1913.
4. Ibid.
5. Cherry-Garrard, introduction to Seaver, Edward Wilson of the Antarctic, p. xii.
6. Mear and Swan, op. cit., p. 86.
7. Conversation between the author and Baden Norris, Antarctic Curator, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand.
8. The work on the movement of the bodies of Scott and his companions is by Professor Charles Bentley and is referred to in several places, including USA Today, 24 February 1999 and p. 261 of Michael Smith’s book on Captain Oates.
9. Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World, p. 562.
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Index
Academie Colarossi, ref1
Active, ref1
Adams, ref1
Adare, Viscount, ref1
Adélie penguins, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Admirality, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
Admirality range, ref1
aircraft, ref1, ref2
airships, ref1
Alaska, ref1, ref2
albatrosses, ref1, ref2
Alexandra, Queen, ref1, ref2
altitude sickness, ref1, ref2
American Geographical Society, ref1
Americans, ref1, ref2
Amethyst, ref1
Amphion, ref1, ref2
Amundsen, Roald
winters in Antarctica with Belgian expedition, ref1
secretly intends to head for South Pole, ref1
sends telegram to Scott, ref1
meets Campbell at Bay of Whales, ref1
Scott’s attitude to, ref1
reliance on dogs, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
argues with Johansen, ref1, ref2
journey to Pole, ref1, ref2
reaches Pole, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Scott’s team discovers victory of, ref1, ref2
return from Pole, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
British reaction to victory of, ref1, ref2
Kathleen Scott’s reaction to victory of, ref1
factors advantageous to, ref1
Scott affected by expedition of, ref1
reaction to Scott’s death, ref1
subsequent career, ref1
death, ref1
mentioned, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24
Antarctic exploration, history of, ref1
Aorangi, ref1
Arctic, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
Aristotle, ref1
Armitage, Albert, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
Army, ref1, ref2
Ashdown, ref1
Asquith, Prime Minister, ref1
Atkinson, Dr
chosen for expedition, ref1
friendly with Oates, ref1, ref2
on journey to Antarctica, ref1, ref2
in depot-laying party, ref1, ref2
in party heading south, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
in first returning party, ref1, re
f2
and Scott’s instructions about dogs, ref1, ref2, ref3
at Hut Point, ref1
unable to take dog teams with supplies, ref1
anxious about Polar party, ref1
takes command, ref1
decides to seek Polar party, ref1
discovers bodies, ref1
subsequent career and death, ref1
mentioned, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
Augustine, St, ref1
Australia, ref1, ref2, ref3 see also Melbourne
Baden-Powell, Robert, ref1
Balfour, Arthur James, ref1, ref2, ref3
Balleny, John, ref1
balloon, ref1, ref2, ref3
Balmoral, ref1
Barker, Captain Wilson, ref1
Barne, Michael, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Barrie, J.M., ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Barrier see Great Ice Barrier,
Barrier Inlet, ref1
Bass brewers, ref1
Bay of Whales, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7,
Beardmore, William, ref1
Beardmore Glacier
ascent of Scott’s party, ref1, ref2
ascent by Shackleton, ref1
descent by last supporting party, ref1
descent by Polar party, ref1
mentioned, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
Beardsley, Mabel, ref1, ref2
Beaumont, Admiral Sir Lewis, ref1
Beerbohm, Max, ref1, ref2
Belgica, ref1, ref2, ref3
Bellingshausen, Captain Baron Thaddeus von, ref1
Bellingshausen Sea, ref1
Berlin, ref1, ref2,
Bernacchi, Louis, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
Bird’s, ref1
Birmingham Post, The, ref1
Biscoe, John, ref1
Bluff Depot, ref1
Boadicea, ref1
Boer War, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Bonner, Charles, ref1
Borchgrevinck, Carsten, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Botha, Louis, ref1
Bovril, ref1
Bowers, Henry (‘Birdie’)
early life and career, ref1