Top 21 Quotes by Robert Falcon Scott

I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record.

But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.

To wait idly is the worst of conditions.

I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.

But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.

Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over.

Each man in his way is a treasure.

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. For God's sake, look after our people.

As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface.

We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.