Robert Falcon Scott

Great God! this is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority.

— 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

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

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.

— Robert Falcon Scott

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

— Robert Falcon Scott

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

— Robert Falcon Scott