OHYAT: Last Entry

[tealin]

29 March, 1912

Since the 21st we have had a continuous gale from W.S.W. and S.W. We had fuel to make two cups of tea apiece and bare food for two days on the 20th. Every day we have been ready to start for our depot 11 miles away, but outside the door of the tent it remains a scene of whirling drift. I do not think we can hope for any better things now.

We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far.

It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more.

R. SCOTT.

Last Entry

For God’s sake look after our people.

Comments

[cryptolect]

I haven't been seeing any of your posts since 26th in my reading pane so thought you had not posted. Ah DW and its eccentricities!

Anyway, so I was listening to R4 PM this evening and they trailed a bit about Scott and, I kid you not, I turned the radio off 'so as not to be spoiled for OHYAT'. You have got in my brain with your telling of this tale lol.

And I am partly writing this to take my mind off the fact that it's a bit dusty in here, something in my eye etc. etc....