“Had we lived,” Scott wrote in March 1912 in a message found with his body, “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.”
Another great Antarctic explorer: Ernest Shackleton led the ill-fated Endurance Expedition around 1915-1916.
He was a “leader’s leader” and a first-rate, tough explorer. His men suffered incredible hardship.