Lawrence Oates (1880 - 1912) - a member of Robert Scott's Terra Nova Expedition that perished after reaching the South Pole.
Vintage photo of English Antarctic explorer Captain Lawrence "Titus" Oates (1880 - 1912) - a member of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition of 1910 - 1913 that perished while returning from the South Pole. Oates, Scott, Dr Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Henry Robertson "Birdie" Bowers and Petty Officer Edgar Evans famously reached the geographic South Pole in January 1912 but found that Norwegian Roald Amundsen had beaten them there by just over a month. Oates famously sacrificed his life in a bid to save his comrades as they returned from the Pole - knowing that his ill-health was slowing down the others he walked out of their tent and into a blizzard on March 16 after uttering the words "I am just going outside and may be some time". His suicide proved to be in vain - Scott and the others all perished before reaching safety. Oates is pictured in 1911 standing at the door to the stable at the expedition's winter quarters at Cape Evans, Ross Island. Photo by Herbert George Ponting.
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