death, ref1, ref2, ref3
body not discovered, ref1, ref2
mentioned, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
Observation Hill, ref1, ref2
Omelchenko, Anton, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
One Ton Depot, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19
Ousland, Borge, ref1
Outlands, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Oxford, ref1, ref2, ref3
Oxo, ref1
Pall Mall Gazette, ref1
Paris, ref1, ref2
Parker, Hyde, ref1
Peary, Robert, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7,
penguins, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
Pennell, Harry ref1, ref2
petrels, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Plymouth, ref1
Pole to Pole Transglobe Expedition, ref1, ref2
ponies, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26
Ponting, Herbert,
joins Scott’s expedition, ref1
as photographer, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
and cinematography, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
escapes from whales, ref1
darkroom, ref1, ref2
in winter months, ref1, ref2
discussion about suicide with Oates, ref1, ref2
subsequent career and death, ref1
mentioned, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Port Chalmers, ref1
Portsmouth, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Possession Island, ref1
Pretoria, ref1
Priestley, Raymond, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Rennick, Henry, ref1
Resolution, ref1
Reuters, ref1, ref2
Rhosili, ref1, ref2, ref3
Robertson Bay, ref1
Rodin, Auguste, ref1, ref2
Ross, James Clark, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Ross Ice Shelf see Great Ice Barrier
Ross Island, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Ross Sea, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Rover, ref1, ref2
Royal Albert Hall, ref1
Royal Artillery, ref1
Royal Geographical Society, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
Royal Indian Marine Service, ref1
Royal Navy
Discovery expedition members from, ref1
Scott’s career in, ref1
Terra Nova expedition members from, ref1
mentioned, ref1, ref2
Royal Society, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Royal Society Range, ref1
‘Royal Terror Theatre’, ref1, ref2, ref3
Royal Yacht Squadron, ref1
Royds, Lieutenant Charles, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Safety Camp, ref1, ref2, ref3
St Kitts, ref1, ref2
St Paul’s Cathedral, ref1, ref2, ref3
San Francisco, ref1
Savio, ref1
Saxon, ref1
Scott, Archie (brother of Captain Scott), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Scott, Ettie see Ellison-Macartney, Ettie (née Scott)
Scott, Grace (sister of Captain Scott), ref1, ref2
Scott Hannah (née Canning; mother of Captain Scott), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Scott, John (father of Captain Scott), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Scott, Katherine (sister of Captain Scott), ref1
Scott, Kathleen (née Bruce, wife of Captain Scott),
relationship with Scott, ref1, ref2
early life, ref1
wedding, ref1
birth of son, ref1
travels south, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
parting from Scott, ref1
after Scott’s departure, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
letters from Scott, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
after Scott’s death, ref1, ref2
mentioned, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Scott, Peter Markham (son of Captain Scott), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Scott, Captain Robert Falcon
and Markham, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
early life and career, ref1
appointed to command Antarctic expedition, ref1
preparations for expedition, ref1
leads Discovery expedition, ref1
reception in England, ref1
domestic affairs, ref1
lectures, ref1
writes book, ref1, ref2
plans to return to Antarctica, ref1
meets and marries Kathleen, ref1
announces Antarctic expedition, ref1
birth of son, ref1
preparations for second expedition, ref1
fund-raising, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
departure of Terra Nova, ref1
joins Terra Nova, ref1
learns of Amundsen’s plans, ref1
in Lyttelton, ref1
departure for Antarctica, ref1
journey to Antarctica, ref1
early months in Antarctica, ref1
winter months, ref1
prepares to travel south, ref1
journey to Pole, ref1
reaches Pole, ref1
return journey, ref1
colleagues anxious about fate of, ref1
search party discovers body of, ref1
reasons for failure, ref1
British reaction to heroism of, ref1, ref2
Scott, Rose (sister of Captain Scott), ref1, ref2, ref3
Scott, Sir Walter, ref1
Scott Memorial Fund, ref1
Scott of the Antarctic (film), ref1
Scott Polar Research Institute, ref1
Scottish Royal Geographical Society, ref1, ref2
scurvy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18
seals, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Seaver, George, ref1
Shackleton, Ernest Henry
on Scott’s first Antarctic expedition, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
and Scott’s return, ref1
Antarctic expedition led by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
plans to explore western coastline of Antarctica, ref1, ref2
further expeditions, 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, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29
Shambles Camp, ref1, ref2
Sharpe, Bartholomew, ref1
Shaw, George Bernard, ref1, ref2
Siberia, ref1, ref2, ref3
Simonstown, ref1
Simpson, Dr George, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Skelton, Reginald, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
Skene, William Forbes, ref1
skis/skiing, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20
sledges/ sledging ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40, ref41, ref42, ref43, ref44
Smith, Reginald, ref1, ref2
Smith, William, ref1
Smuts, Jan Christian, ref1
Smyth, Tommy, ref1
snow-blindness, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Solomon, Susan (temperatures on Polar journey) ref1, ref2
Souper, Oriana see Wilson, Oriana (‘Ory’; née Souper)
South Africa, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
South Georgia, ref1
South Hampstead High School for Girls, ref1
South Polar Times, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
South Pole
conditions at, ref1
and early explorers, ref1, ref2
Scott’s first journey towards, ref1, ref2
and Shackleton’s expedition, ref1, ref2, ref3
and Americans, ref1, ref2
and Scott’s aims, ref1, ref2, ref3
Gran plans to go to, ref1
and Germans, ref1
Amundsen aims to reach, ref1, ref2, ref3
Amundsen reaches, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Scott chooses party to go, ref1, ref2
Scott’s party reaches, ref1
mentioned, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
South Trinidad, ref1
Southern Barrier Depot, ref1, ref2
Southern Cross, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Speyer, Sir Edgar, ref1, ref2
Spitsbergen, ref1
sponsorship, ref1, ref2
Stopes, Marie, ref1, ref2
Strand Magazine, ref1, ref2, ref3
Stroud, Michael, ref1, ref2
Stubbington House, ref1
Suffolk Regiment, ref1nd Volunteer Battalion, ref1
Sussex News, ref1
Swan, Robert, ref1
Swansea, ref1, ref2
Tate, Henry, ref1
Taylor, Griffith, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
telephone link, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Terra Nova
sent to Discovery expedition ref1, ref2, ref3
secured by Scott for second expedition, ref1
calls at Cardiff, ref1
sails for Cape Town, ref1
calls at Simonstown, ref1
sails for Melbourne, ref1
sails to Lyttelton, ref1
departs for south, ref1
voyage south, ref1
sails for New Zealand, ref1, ref2, ref3
returns to Cape Evans, ref1
lost in Second World War, ref1
mentioned, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21
Terror, ref1, ref2
Thesiger, Ernest, ref1
Times, The, ref1
Times Literary Supplement, The, ref1
Titanic, ref1
Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955–58), ref1, ref2, ref3
Transantarctic Mountains, ref1
Transglobe Expedition, ref1, ref2
Treasury, ref1
Union-Castle Line, ref1
Upper Glacier Depot, ref1, ref2, ref3
Urville, Dumont d’, ref1, ref2
US National Geographic Society, ref1
Vanbrugh, Irene, ref1
Venice, ref1
Vernon, ref1
Victoria, Queen, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Victoria Land, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Victorious, ref1
Vigo, ref1
Vince, George, ref1, ref2, ref3
Volage, ref1
Voyage of the ‘Discovery’, The (Scott), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Walpole, Hugh, ref1
Weddell, James, ref1
Weddell Sea, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Wellington, ref1
Wells, H.G., ref1, ref2
Western Mail, ref1
West India Docks, ref1
Western Mountains, ref1
whales, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Wharton, Sir William, ref1
Wild, Frank, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
wildlife see albatrosses; penguins; petrels; seals; whales,
Wilkes, Lieutenant John, ref1
Wilson, Sir Charles, ref1
Wilson, Edward Adrian
early life and career, ref1
character, ref1, ref2, ref3
as artist, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
chosen for Scott’s first Antarctic expedition, ref1
in Antarctica with Discovery expedition, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21
view of Scott, ref1, ref2
friendship with Shackleton, ref1, ref2
and Shackleton’s expedition, ref1
agrees to accompany Scott on
second expedition, ref1, ref2
chooses scientific team, ref1
on journey to Antarctica, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
in depot-laying party, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
at Hut Point, ref1
expedition to Cape Crozier, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
in party heading south, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
chosen for Polar party, ref1
continues to Pole, ref1, ref2
at Pole, ref1
return journey, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17
body discovered, ref1
loyalty to Scott, ref1
mentioned, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Wilson, Oriana (‘Ory’); née Souper, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
wireless, ref1, ref2, ref3
Wolseley Tool and Motor Company, ref1
Worcester, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Worst Journey in the World, The (Cherry-Garrard), ref1, ref2
Wright, Charles, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
Young, Edward Hilton, ref1
Endnotes
1. An ice-foot is a strip of frozen sea or blocks of ice along the shore-line.
2. This piece of artificial holly was auctioned at Christie’s in April 1997, and sold for over £4,000.
3. According to Michael Smith’s recent biography of Oates, pp. 263-270, in 1899 Oates also fathered an illegitimate daughter by a young girl named Etta McKendrick. The child is said to have been born in March 1900 when Etta was only twelve years old but the evidence is insufficient to substantiate that Etta even knew Oates, despite the story having circulated for some time.
First aerial ascent in Antarctica. The Discovery’s balloon Eva, in which Scott nearly shot into the heavens, is being deflated.
The Discovery caught in ice sixteen-feet thick at McMurdo Sound.
The Discovery home again in Dundee where she is open to visitors as part of an intriguing exhibition about Scott and Antarctica.
Announcement of Scott’s marriage, The Tatler, 1908. A conventional end to an unconventional courtship.
The wood-panelled room in the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, where a farewell banquet was given to Captain Scott and Petty Officer Edgar Evans made his memorable impromptu speech.
Captain Scott and Kathleen Scott aboard the Terra Nova. Kathleen took a close interest in the loading of the ship which was not always appreciated by Scott’s men.
Captain Oates tending the ponies on the Terra Nova. He called them ‘crocks’ but his devotion to them never wavered.
Captain Scott at work in the hut at Cape Evans. His men called his cubicle ‘the holy of holies’.
Captain Scott’s ‘den’ in the hut at Cape Evans today.
Captain Scott’s last birthday dinner. Teddy Evans and Edward Wilson are seated on either side of him. An amused Captain Oates, standing to the left, looks on.
Wilson at work at Cape Evans. He worried needlessly that, working by artificial light in the hut, he would be unable to capture Antarctica’s subtle colours i
n his drawings. However, his eye and memory for colour were faultless.
A page from the South Polar Times showing Wilson’s lovely fluid drawings of the wild life. Here a leopard seal swoops after penguins.
Edgar Evans in outdoor clothes at Cape Evans. He had a remarkable physique and was one of the strongest men on the expedition. He was also noted for his extensive fund of oaths.
Captain Oates, the only army man on the expedition and a wry observer of his comrades.
Cherry-Garrard, Bowers, Oates, Meares and Atkinson in their quarters in the Cape Evans hut, nicknamed ‘the tenements’ for their austerity. Oates’s only luxury was a bust of his hero Napoleon.
The end of the Winter Journey. The physical cost of the extraordinary journey to Cape Crozier to collect emperor penguin eggs by Wilson, Bowers and Cherry-Garrard can be seen in their faces.
Kathleen Scott and Peter. Peter was less than a year old when Captain Scott sailed from England but he more than fulfilled his father’s ambition that he should grow up loving nature.
Petty Officers Crean and Evans mending sleeping bags. Crean would one day join Shackleton on his fateful Endurance expedition and would again prove his mettle.
Camping near the Polar Plateau, December 1911. Shortly afterwards Scott selected the four men who would accompany him to the Pole.
Amundsen’s tent at the South Pole. The shock of finding that Amundsen had beaten them had a profound psychological effect on Scott and his men.
Roald Amundsen, the victor of the race to the Pole, called by some ‘a Viking raid’.
The famous painting by Dollman of Captain Oates walking to his death in the blizzard. Oates’s gesture caught the popular imagination as the epitome of English gallantry and self-sacrifice.
Monument to Captain Scott, Cape Town, South Africa. This was one of several monuments to Scott and his men erected around the world.
Monument to Captain Scott, Christchurch, New Zealand. This was one of a number of monuments sculpted by Kathleen. Another stands in Waterloo Place near St. James’s Park in London.
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