he cried. On January 17, 1912, Scott and his men reached the South Pole.

They
were tired and empty, their clothes were firmed , and their faces were white with
cold wave. But they were there. Scott looked around and saw the Norwegian flag
and a roof. He walked to the roof and opened it. Outside, he set up the letter from
Amundsen to the King of Norway and a note for him. Scott read the note and also
sat down still in the snow. " We are too late," he said vocally." Amundsen was then
first." The men were silent. They were exhausted and agonized. They had come so
far and endured so much, only to find that they weren't the first. Oates looked at
Scott and also at the other men. He knew they had a long, delicate trip back, and
he was upset about their chances. " We need to rest, Captain," he said." And also
we need to get back to Cape Evans." Scott jounced." Yes," he said." We need to
get back." The trip back was indeed harder than the trip to the pole. The rainfall
was terrible, and the men were weak and sick. On February 17, 1912, Edgar Evans
failed. A month latterly, on March 17, 1912, Oates, suffering from severe frostbite,
saying," I'm just going outdoors and may be some time." He was noway seen
again. Scott, Wilson, and Bowers continued on, but they were starving and
indurating. On March 29, 1912, Scott made his last entry in his journal. He wrote,"
For God's sake, look after our people." Scott and his remaining men failed just 11
long hauls from a force depot. Their bodies were set up months latterly by a hunt
party. The race to the South Pole had ended in tragedy for Scott and his platoon.
They were stalwart men who had given everything for their country and for the
spirit of disquisition. They were flashed back as icons , but their loss was a stark
memorial of the troubles of Antarctic disquisition.

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