Scott of the Antarctic's Last Letter to His Wife.

Posted by Alex in Everything Else on February 1, 2007 at 12:27 pm


The Telegraph has reprinted the unseen final letter than Captain Robert Falcon Scott [wiki] wrote to his wife from his ill-fated journey to the South Pole in 1912:

"To my widow,

Dearest Darling – we are in a very tight corner and I have doubts of pulling through – In our short lunch hours I take advantage of a very small measure of warmth to write letters preparatory to a possible end – the first is naturally to you on whom my thought mostly dwell waking or sleeping – if anything happens to me I shall like you to know how much you have meant to me and that pleasant recollections are with me as I depart.

Read the rest of the letter: Link


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5 comments to "Scott of the Antarctic's Last Letter to His Wife."

  1. biltmore
    February 1st, 2007 at 12:45 pm

    Yeah, it's really sad. I watched an hour long documentary about Scotts expedition. Really sad stuff.

  2. Karyn
    February 1st, 2007 at 1:15 pm

    Sniffle, sniffle. Why doesn't anyone write that way anymore?

  3. Jeremiah
    February 1st, 2007 at 1:59 pm

    I got to fight the lion!

  4. ImNoMrNiceGuy
    February 1st, 2007 at 7:55 pm

    Very dignified last words to the love of his life, no self-pity or worry of his chances, only thoughts of his dearest and young child's futures.

  5. Alex
    February 2nd, 2007 at 1:18 am

    Yeah, the Brits were quite classy. Not like us sniveling Yanks.


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