scott was bad ass: "Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale."

December 14th, 2010: And that concludes my/Utahraptor's little south pole story! It's a really interesting story / time in the world, and though I tried to hit the highlights here, there's tons more amazing things about it. Scott's last letter to his widow is one of them: he starts out comparatively optimistic, but as time goes on he keeps extending the letter, saying "Since I wrote those words, x and y bad things have happened" until he's certain he's saying his final goodbyes. Incredibly moving stuff. There's a bit in the letter where he tells her to remarry and not to be too proud to accept help: when it was published, about £5.5 million in todays dollars was raised for the families, which is just huge.

Anyway there you have it!

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– Ryan