The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-11
Discovererof South Pole Draws
Thrilling Word Picture of
Explorers Final Dash.
LAUDS ALL AS HEROES.
Even More Honor Due for
Manner of Their Death Than
for Their Deeds.
BY CAPT. ROAD AMUN D.

BY CAPT. ROAD AMUND.
SEN,
DISoovzD18 or I'm SOUTH DoxH.
ICgynsiH. 1913. By the Newspspss Easssxase
Aoodationl
CHICAGO. Feb. lin this, my first
and only signed statement regarding
the terrible, but superiativeiy heroic,
death Of Capt. Robert F. Scott and his
four companions In the Antarctic
regions I wish. FIRST Of all, before I
paint tho picture. a. I conceive Il. of
this most awful OF all the TRAGEDIES
ever enacted on the wastes Of the
Polar Ice fields to bow before the great
character Of my companion -disoovsrsr.
Robert r. Scott. by the declaration In
his diary, has left a. q monument n
record OF man. man as sincere, As
honest and a. modest a. the world has
ever sesn-a greater record than any
mere "discovsrer" could ever hope TO
equal.
Capt Scott, indeed. far from ever a..
Stunning too much-a trait quite common
AAuOB-IOOk
rather too little credit for himself. lie
seemed to content his spirit In his diary
with simply verifying my findings. And
this although ne reached the pole but
little over . month later.
SCOTT LEFT WITHOUT DOCS
FOR SLEDoEs.
The last news we heard Of Capt. Scott
and his pole party" was on April !,
1912. This news came from those who
returned on scotts ship. the Terra
Nova. They had left Scott and four
companions in latitude n degrees 3 min.
utes south. This party reported. on A.
rival In New Zealand. that they had
brought back all the dogs. leaving Scott
without any traction power ut ALL This
meant that these men had to haul the
sledges, filled with provisions. them
selves.
This 10 q thing that our party nsve.
did. We figured that provisions we're
the most important thing and We feared
to trust their carriage to any human
beings. Dogs hold out long after mems
strength have failed. Just what circum-
stances resolved Scott to undertake to
transport his own sledges do not
know. However, his reason must have
been a good one, for he was an exoer-
fenced explorer and had travsrsed tho
snow fields before.
II was Jan. 5. 1917. when the Terra
Nova party took 1eave OF Scott. Ac-
cording to the diary. Scott reached the
Pole Jan. 10. Just fifteen days later. We
he DAt a
only q month and four days previously.
Immediately upon setting his nag at
the Pole and verifying our fndnGs.
Scott turned back. The record Of that
flight will never be told. II Is beyond
the power Of man to do 20.
THEY FACE THE END WHEN
HOME 10 GOAL.
Imagined He was q man who had
reached one OF the Poles-one Of that
scarce and honored company! The
world was ready to welcome him and TO
DO him homage, a. II has 80 generously
done homage to me. His was . rure
scientific spirit, and ne was anxious. a.
his diary shows, to corroborate what !
had reported on my own word.
He started up from the end Of the
world toward-HOME. Toward civilixs-
ton. warmth. friends. glory. children
and wife! And thsn--across this bright
horison Of hope and longing. Just across
the lowest corner. the shadow Of defeat.
indeed. perhaps. DEATH. appeared.
It was horrible. and. Of course. brave
spirit like that Of Scott's would not for
. second tolerate the presence Of such q
vision. He was used to hard things and
he brushed this aside. a. he had brushed
other sncroa ching perils aside many
times before But the black shadow kept
sweeping up over that bright horison
ahead.
First OF all. as I picture II. scurvy--
that most horrible OF all diseases. began
to attack the returning victors. They
had been cutting down on food. because
they had. perhaps. not taken adequate
supplies In the frst place. owing to the
fact that they themselves were drag
gins the loaded Aledgss. This lack OF
sufficient nourishment, coupled with the
expected hardships OF trekking through
An ics-bound land. reduced their resist
ance. and. quite naturally. the scurvy
followed. / suggest this because Capt.
kEvans OF the Terra Nova party was at
tackled by tho scurvy . few days after
his return. This showed that the germs
were present. Starved constitutions
were all that was nscsosary to give
these Roadway.
scURvY WEAkENs THEM IN
FIGHT AGAINST eLlzZARp.
The scurvy, the MOTTO be- con ced we'd OF