Robert Falcon Scott Quotes

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I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.

Robert Falcon Scott
But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.

Robert Falcon Scott
Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog.

Robert Falcon Scott
But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.

Robert Falcon Scott
We arrived within 11 miles of our old One Ton Camp with fuel for one hot meal and food for two days. For four days we have been unable to leave the tent - the gale howling about us. We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past. We took risks, we knew we took them; things have come out against us, and therefore we have no cause for complaint, but bow to the will of Providence, determined still to do our best to the last.

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As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface.

Robert Falcon Scott
I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record.

Robert Falcon Scott
Of the South Pole:
Great God! this is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have labored to it without the reward of priority.

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The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee.

Robert Falcon Scott
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, but surely, surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for.

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I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success.

Robert Falcon Scott
It was blowing a blizzard. He [Capt. Lawrence E. G. Oates] said, "I am just going outside and may be some time." He went out into the blizzard and we have not seen him since.

Robert Falcon Scott
We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.

Robert Falcon Scott
Every day some new fact comes to light - some new obstacle which threatens the gravest obstruction. I suppose this is the reason which makes the game so well worth playing.

Robert Falcon Scott
I have come to the conclusion that life in the Antarctic Regions can be very pleasant.

Robert Falcon Scott
But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for.

Robert Falcon Scott
I have done this to show what an Englishman can do.

Robert Falcon Scott
Make the boy interested in natural history if you can; it is better than games; they encourage it in some schools.

Robert Falcon Scott
Every day we have been ready to start for our depot eleven miles away, but outside the door of the tent it remains a scene of whirling drift. I do not think we can hope for any better things now. We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more.
R. Scott
For God's sake look after our people.

Robert Falcon Scott
The Beardmore Glacier is not difficult in fine weather, but on our return we did not get a single completely fine day; this with a sick companion enormously increased our anxieties.

Robert Falcon Scott