I Am Just Going Outside: Captain Oates - Antarctic Tragedy

I Am Just Going Outside: Captain Oates - Antarctic Tragedy

Michael Smith

Språken
FörlagThe Collins Press
ISBN9781848899018

On 17 March 1912, Lawrence 'Titus' Oates crawled bootless from a tent to his death in blizzard conditions of -40°C. Oates, always an outsider on Scott's Polar expedition, died on his 32nd birthday. His parting words were: 'I am just going outside and may be some time.' Oates was the epitome of the V