Picture No | 10419297 |
Date | 1913 |
Description | Captain Oates |
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LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES Member of Captain Scott's expedition which reached the South Pole in January 1912; lost his life in a blizzard on the return trip. He left the tent with the immortal words, 'I am going out and may be some time'.
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Source | Photograph by Weston published in The Illustrated London News, 22 February 1913 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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