Summary
THE race to the South Pole was lost and Captain Robert Scott and his companions faced death in the worst weather the Antarctic could throw at them.
In early 1912, with the growing realisation that he and his men would never return, Scott began his last letter to his wife, Kathleen, in scraps of his journal.See the full content of this document
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Scott's Moving Last Letters to His Wife
Poignantly, he urges her to remarry and asks her to get their son, Peter, three, interested in natural history. He tells her she will find her portrait at his breast and speaks of his pride in dying for his country, but reminds her: "You urged me to be the leader of this party."
Sir Peter Scott went on to become one of Britain's celebrated naturalists a...See the full content of this document
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