Scott
"Sledge dreadfully heavy," Scott wrote tersely. "We are 15 1/2 miles from the depot and ought to get there in three days. What progress! We have two days' food but barely a day's fuel. All our feet are getting bad -- Wilson's best, my right foot worst, left all right. There is no chance to nurse one's feet till we can get hot food into us. Amputation is the least I can hope for now, but will the trouble spread?" [1]
Notes:
[1] R.F. Scott, diary, 19 March, 1912, quoted in Scott's Last Expedition, v.1.
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Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Amundsen and Scott expeditions to the South Pole.
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A Note on Dates
When the Fram crossed the International Date Line on the way South, Amundsen did not drop a day from his calendar. The Norwegian diaries from mid-January 1911 to late January 1912 thus were on "Framheim time", dated one day later than they should have been: that is, according to Greenwich Mean Time instead of local time. Amundsen noted this specifically in his entry for the Pole itself, headed "Friday 15 December (really 14th)". No little confusion arises in published sources as a result, and doubtless a number of inconsistencies appear on this page. (See the entry for 10 January 1911 for further information.)
Dates are here adjusted to one day earlier than written in the Norwegian diaries, for entries between 10 January 1911 and late January 1912. Bibliographic citations are as in the published sources.
Dates are here adjusted to one day earlier than written in the Norwegian diaries, for entries between 10 January 1911 and late January 1912. Bibliographic citations are as in the published sources.
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Bibliographic Sources
Amundsen, Roald. The South Pole : an account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram," 1910–1912. Tr. by Arthur G. Chater. [London : John Murray, 1912], Adelaide : University of Adelaide Library, c2003. E-text edition.
Cherry-Garrard, Apsley. The Worst Journey in the World : Antarctic, 1910-1913, vol.1 and vol.2. London : Constable, 1922. Gutenberg Project edition.
Crane, David. Scott of the Antarctic : a life of courage and tragedy. New York : Knopf, c2005.
Huntford, Roland. The Amundsen photographs. New York : Atlantic Monthly, c1987.
Huntford, Roland. Race for the South Pole : the expedition diaries of Scott and Amundsen. London : Continuum, c2010.
Huntford, Roland. Scott and Amundsen. New York : Putnam, 1980, c1979.
Preston, Diana. A first-rate tragedy : Robert Falcon Scott and the race to the South Pole. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1998.
Scott, Robert Falcon. Scott's last expedition : the journals. New York : [Dodd, Mead], 1913. Gutenberg Project edition.
Direct quotes will be cited in the text.
Cherry-Garrard, Apsley. The Worst Journey in the World : Antarctic, 1910-1913, vol.1 and vol.2. London : Constable, 1922. Gutenberg Project edition.
Crane, David. Scott of the Antarctic : a life of courage and tragedy. New York : Knopf, c2005.
Huntford, Roland. The Amundsen photographs. New York : Atlantic Monthly, c1987.
Huntford, Roland. Race for the South Pole : the expedition diaries of Scott and Amundsen. London : Continuum, c2010.
Huntford, Roland. Scott and Amundsen. New York : Putnam, 1980, c1979.
Preston, Diana. A first-rate tragedy : Robert Falcon Scott and the race to the South Pole. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1998.
Scott, Robert Falcon. Scott's last expedition : the journals. New York : [Dodd, Mead], 1913. Gutenberg Project edition.
Direct quotes will be cited in the text.
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