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Edward Armston-Sheret, Doctoral Researcher, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London

What led to Antarctic explorer Captain Scott's death

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Captain Robert Falcon Scott lay cold, frostbitten and dehydrated in a tent in Antarctica. He was accompanied by two companions – Edward Wilson and “Birdie” Bowers. Knowing death was near, he lay in his frigid sleeping bag and scrawled final messages to his friends, loved ones, and supporters.

“These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale,” he wrote in his Message to the Public.

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