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Captain Scott's Final Words Released

The Byrd Polar Society posted a link to Scott's Final Letter.   It's dated March 29, 1912.  The full letter has never been revealed until now, as reported by the University of Cambridge in the UK.
I went to an exhibit in 2011 called Scott-Amundsen: Race to the End of the Earth in New York 
Since his practices seemed inferior to Amundsen, at the time I didn't feel sorry for him.  Now I have empathy, upon doing more research. For example,  the expedition faced unusually severe weather conditions.

His Final Words:

Captain Scott apologized for this writing. "It's -40 and has been for nigh a month"



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