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[00:04.88] | Chapter 9 The End of the Race |
[00:10.73] | The Norwegians stayed two days at the Pole. |
[00:15.40] | They left a tent there, |
[00:17.28] | with a Norwegian flag on it. |
[00:20.00] | Inside the tent,they left some food, |
[00:23.29] | a letter for the King of Norway, |
[00:25.30] | and a letter for Scott. |
[00:28.59] | They left some more black flags near the Pole, |
[00:31.69] | and one twenty-eight kilometres north. |
[00:35.20] | Then they skied away,back to the north. |
[00:40.49] | It's a beautiful day,Bjaaland wrote. |
[00:44.44] | The sun is warm,the snow is good. |
[00:48.09] | But the dogs run too quickly- |
[00:50.49] | I can't get in front of them! |
[00:53.83] | They found their depots easily. |
[00:56.51] | There were ten between the Pole and Framheim. |
[01:00.15] | Each depot had a lot of food. |
[01:03.43] | They laughed and skied quickly down the mountains. |
[01:07.23] | Often,they skied fifty kilometres a day. |
[01:12.44] | On Friday,January 26th,1912, |
[01:18.12] | they came back to Framheim. |
[01:20.86] | It was four o'clock in the morning. |
[01:24.59] | Inside the wooden house,Lindstrm, |
[01:27.18] | the cook,was asleep. |
[01:30.18] | Amundsen walked quietly to his bed. |
[01:33.94] | 'Good morning,Lindstrm,'he said. |
[01:37.46] | 'Is our coffee ready?' |
[01:42.44] | The black flags waited at the Pole. |
[01:46.85] | 'What's that,Captain?' |
[01:48.90] | Bowers said.'Over there?' |
[01:52.17] | 'Where?'Scott asked. |
[01:54.34] | 'What-oh my God!' |
[01:59.14] | They all saw me small black flag in the snow, |
[02:03.15] | two kilometres in front of them. |
[02:07.47] | Slowly,they pulled their sledge to it. |
[02:12.73] | Next day,January 17th 1912, |
[02:17.10] | they found the tent and the Norwegian flag. |
[02:22.46] | Near it,Scott took the British flag from under his clothes, |
[02:26.98] | and put it up. |
[02:29.41] | In his diary,Scott wrote: |
[02:32.50] | This is a very bad day. |
[02:37.14] | We are all tired,and have cold feet and hands. |
[02:42.93] | It is-30°Centigrade and there is a snowstorm. |
[02:50.68] | Great God! This is an awful place! |
[02:58.64] | They turned north. |
[03:00.87] | Five tired,unhappy men, |
[03:04.63] | in the coldest,emptiest place on earth. |
[03:11.70] | On March 13th,1912,Scott's wife Kathleen, |
[03:18.29] | looked at her morning newspaper. |
[03:21.69] | NORWAY'S FLAG AT SOUTH POLE,it said. |
[03:27.79] | She looked at it for a long time, |
[03:30.70] | and then began to cry. |
[03:34.13] | 'What's the matter?'her friend asked. |
[03:38.20] | 'My poor,poor husband,'Mrs Scott said. |
[03:43.44] | 'What's happened to him?Where is he now?' |
[03:50.11] | Scott's men were always hungry. |
[03:53.08] | There were not many depots and they were difficult to find. |
[03:57.22] | We need to find the next depot today,Oates wrote. |
[04:02.21] | But how can we find one black flag in all this snow? |
[04:08.14] | It's very difficult. |
[04:10.76] | And there is food for four men,not five. |
[04:16.58] | They were all tired and ill,too. |
[04:20.20] | Oates's feet were black now, |
[04:23.01] | and he could not feel them. |
[04:26.22] | On February 16th,Edgar Evans died. |
[04:31.84] | On the 17th they were past the mountains. |
[04:36.46] | At the depot there they ate one of the dead ponies. |
[04:40.78] | Then they went on-ten,eleven,twelve kilometres a day. |
[04:48.65] | They were ill because their clothes were not warm |
[04:51.65] | and they didn't have much food. |
[04:54.87] | The temperature was sometimes -40°Centigrade. |
[05:00.84] | On March 7th Scott looked at Oates's feet. |
[05:05.45] | They were big and black.'I can't pull the sledge now,' |
[05:11.13] | Oates said.'It's very difficult to walk. |
[05:15.91] | Am I going to lose these feet,Captain?' |
[05:20.01] | Scott looked at Oates's feet, |
[05:23.13] | and said nothing. |
[05:27.19] | On March 9th they found another depot, |
[05:30.94] | but there was not much food. |
[05:33.59] | Slowly,they walked on. |
[05:37.08] | Oates's feet were worse every day. |
[05:42.00] | March 17th was Oates's birthday. |
[05:46.10] | He was thirty-two. |
[05:48.99] | He lay in the tent and listened to the wind outside. |
[05:53.85] | He was very cold,very hungry,and very very tired. |
[06:02.57] | He wrote a letter to his mother and gave it to Wilson. |
[06:07.41] | Then he got up,and opened the door of the tent. |
[06:12.58] | He stopped in the door for a minute. |
[06:15.63] | Scott,Wilson,and Bowers looked at him. |
[06:19.94] | They didn't speak. |
[06:22.94] | 'I'm going outside for a minute,' |
[06:26.64] | Oates said.'I may be some time.' |
[06:32.47] | They didn't see him again. |
[06:37.93] | At Cape Evans,the Englishmen waited. |
[06:42.24] | On December 11th,Meares and the dogs came back. |
[06:47.31] | On January 3rd,Teddy Evans and his two men arrived at Cape Evans. |
[06:53.96] | The Terra Nova came,and went. |
[06:57.66] | Winter began.Scott did not come. |
[07:04.12] | The Englishmen waited all winter at Cape Evans. |
[07:08.31] | Then,on October 26th 1912, |
[07:12.59] | they started for the south. |
[07:16.33] | Two weeks later,they found a tent. |
[07:20.39] | There were three bodies in the tent- |
[07:23.38] | Scott,Wilson,and Bowers. |
[07:28.22] | They put the bodies under the snow. |
[07:31.66] | Then they took the men's letters and diaries, |
[07:34.45] | and went north to Cape Evans again. |
[07:38.76] | In Scott's diary they read:Oates died like a good Englishman. |
[07:45.13] | We all did.Please,remember us, |
[07:49.99] | and look after our families. |
[07:53.15] | We did our best. |
[07:57.55] | No one found Oates's body. |
[08:00.75] | But he is there,somewhere, |
[08:03.54] | under the snow and the wind,in the coldest, |
[08:07.70] | emptiest place on earth. |
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[00:04.88] | Chapter 9 The End of the Race |
[00:10.73] | The Norwegians stayed two days at the Pole |
[00:15.40] | They left a tent there, |
[00:17.28] | with a Norwegian flag on it |
[00:20.00] | Inside the tent, they left some food, |
[00:23.29] | a letter for the King of Norway, |
[00:25.30] | and a letter for Scott |
[00:28.59] | They left some more black flags near the Pole, |
[00:31.69] | and one twentyeight kilometres north |
[00:35.20] | Then they skied away, back to the north |
[00:40.49] | It' s a beautiful day, Bjaaland wrote |
[00:44.44] | The sun is warm, the snow is good |
[00:48.09] | But the dogs run too quickly |
[00:50.49] | I can' t get in front of them! |
[00:53.83] | They found their depots easily |
[00:56.51] | There were ten between the Pole and Framheim |
[01:00.15] | Each depot had a lot of food |
[01:03.43] | They laughed and skied quickly down the mountains |
[01:07.23] | Often, they skied fifty kilometres a day |
[01:12.44] | On Friday, January 26th, 1912, |
[01:18.12] | they came back to Framheim |
[01:20.86] | It was four o' clock in the morning |
[01:24.59] | Inside the wooden house, Lindstrm, |
[01:27.18] | the cook, was asleep |
[01:30.18] | Amundsen walked quietly to his bed |
[01:33.94] | ' Good morning, Lindstrm,' he said |
[01:37.46] | ' Is our coffee ready?' |
[01:42.44] | The black flags waited at the Pole |
[01:46.85] | ' What' s that, Captain?' |
[01:48.90] | Bowers said' Over there?' |
[01:52.17] | ' Where?' Scott asked |
[01:54.34] | ' Whatoh my God!' |
[01:59.14] | They all saw me small black flag in the snow, |
[02:03.15] | two kilometres in front of them |
[02:07.47] | Slowly, they pulled their sledge to it |
[02:12.73] | Next day, January 17th 1912, |
[02:17.10] | they found the tent and the Norwegian flag |
[02:22.46] | Near it, Scott took the British flag from under his clothes, |
[02:26.98] | and put it up |
[02:29.41] | In his diary, Scott wrote: |
[02:32.50] | This is a very bad day |
[02:37.14] | We are all tired, and have cold feet and hands |
[02:42.93] | It is 30 Centigrade and there is a snowstorm |
[02:50.68] | Great God! This is an awful place! |
[02:58.64] | They turned north |
[03:00.87] | Five tired, unhappy men, |
[03:04.63] | in the coldest, emptiest place on earth |
[03:11.70] | On March 13th, 1912, Scott' s wife Kathleen, |
[03:18.29] | looked at her morning newspaper |
[03:21.69] | NORWAY' S FLAG AT SOUTH POLE, it said |
[03:27.79] | She looked at it for a long time, |
[03:30.70] | and then began to cry |
[03:34.13] | ' What' s the matter?' her friend asked |
[03:38.20] | ' My poor, poor husband,' Mrs Scott said |
[03:43.44] | ' What' s happened to him? Where is he now?' |
[03:50.11] | Scott' s men were always hungry |
[03:53.08] | There were not many depots and they were difficult to find |
[03:57.22] | We need to find the next depot today, Oates wrote |
[04:02.21] | But how can we find one black flag in all this snow? |
[04:08.14] | It' s very difficult |
[04:10.76] | And there is food for four men, not five |
[04:16.58] | They were all tired and ill, too |
[04:20.20] | Oates' s feet were black now, |
[04:23.01] | and he could not feel them |
[04:26.22] | On February 16th, Edgar Evans died |
[04:31.84] | On the 17th they were past the mountains |
[04:36.46] | At the depot there they ate one of the dead ponies |
[04:40.78] | Then they went onten, eleven, twelve kilometres a day |
[04:48.65] | They were ill because their clothes were not warm |
[04:51.65] | and they didn' t have much food |
[04:54.87] | The temperature was sometimes 40 Centigrade |
[05:00.84] | On March 7th Scott looked at Oates' s feet |
[05:05.45] | They were big and black' I can' t pull the sledge now,' |
[05:11.13] | Oates said' It' s very difficult to walk |
[05:15.91] | Am I going to lose these feet, Captain?' |
[05:20.01] | Scott looked at Oates' s feet, |
[05:23.13] | and said nothing |
[05:27.19] | On March 9th they found another depot, |
[05:30.94] | but there was not much food |
[05:33.59] | Slowly, they walked on |
[05:37.08] | Oates' s feet were worse every day |
[05:42.00] | March 17th was Oates' s birthday |
[05:46.10] | He was thirtytwo |
[05:48.99] | He lay in the tent and listened to the wind outside. |
[05:53.85] | He was very cold, very hungry, and very very tired |
[06:02.57] | He wrote a letter to his mother and gave it to Wilson |
[06:07.41] | Then he got up, and opened the door of the tent |
[06:12.58] | He stopped in the door for a minute |
[06:15.63] | Scott, Wilson, and Bowers looked at him |
[06:19.94] | They didn' t speak |
[06:22.94] | ' I' m going outside for a minute,' |
[06:26.64] | Oates said' I may be some time' |
[06:32.47] | They didn' t see him again |
[06:37.93] | At Cape Evans, the Englishmen waited |
[06:42.24] | On December 11th, Meares and the dogs came back |
[06:47.31] | On January 3rd, Teddy Evans and his two men arrived at Cape Evans |
[06:53.96] | The Terra Nova came, and went |
[06:57.66] | Winter began Scott did not come |
[07:04.12] | The Englishmen waited all winter at Cape Evans |
[07:08.31] | Then, on October 26th 1912, |
[07:12.59] | they started for the south |
[07:16.33] | Two weeks later, they found a tent |
[07:20.39] | There were three bodies in the tent |
[07:23.38] | Scott, Wilson, and Bowers |
[07:28.22] | They put the bodies under the snow |
[07:31.66] | Then they took the men' s letters and diaries, |
[07:34.45] | and went north to Cape Evans again |
[07:38.76] | In Scott' s diary they read: Oates died like a good Englishman |
[07:45.13] | We all did Please, remember us, |
[07:49.99] | and look after our families |
[07:53.15] | We did our best |
[07:57.55] | No one found Oates' s body |
[08:00.75] | But he is there, somewhere, |
[08:03.54] | under the snow and the wind, in the coldest, |
[08:07.70] | emptiest place on earth |
ti: | |
ar: | |
al: | |
[00:04.88] | Chapter 9 The End of the Race |
[00:10.73] | The Norwegians stayed two days at the Pole |
[00:15.40] | They left a tent there, |
[00:17.28] | with a Norwegian flag on it |
[00:20.00] | Inside the tent, they left some food, |
[00:23.29] | a letter for the King of Norway, |
[00:25.30] | and a letter for Scott |
[00:28.59] | They left some more black flags near the Pole, |
[00:31.69] | and one twentyeight kilometres north |
[00:35.20] | Then they skied away, back to the north |
[00:40.49] | It' s a beautiful day, Bjaaland wrote |
[00:44.44] | The sun is warm, the snow is good |
[00:48.09] | But the dogs run too quickly |
[00:50.49] | I can' t get in front of them! |
[00:53.83] | They found their depots easily |
[00:56.51] | There were ten between the Pole and Framheim |
[01:00.15] | Each depot had a lot of food |
[01:03.43] | They laughed and skied quickly down the mountains |
[01:07.23] | Often, they skied fifty kilometres a day |
[01:12.44] | On Friday, January 26th, 1912, |
[01:18.12] | they came back to Framheim |
[01:20.86] | It was four o' clock in the morning |
[01:24.59] | Inside the wooden house, Lindstrm, |
[01:27.18] | the cook, was asleep |
[01:30.18] | Amundsen walked quietly to his bed |
[01:33.94] | ' Good morning, Lindstrm,' he said |
[01:37.46] | ' Is our coffee ready?' |
[01:42.44] | The black flags waited at the Pole |
[01:46.85] | ' What' s that, Captain?' |
[01:48.90] | Bowers said' Over there?' |
[01:52.17] | ' Where?' Scott asked |
[01:54.34] | ' Whatoh my God!' |
[01:59.14] | They all saw me small black flag in the snow, |
[02:03.15] | two kilometres in front of them |
[02:07.47] | Slowly, they pulled their sledge to it |
[02:12.73] | Next day, January 17th 1912, |
[02:17.10] | they found the tent and the Norwegian flag |
[02:22.46] | Near it, Scott took the British flag from under his clothes, |
[02:26.98] | and put it up |
[02:29.41] | In his diary, Scott wrote: |
[02:32.50] | This is a very bad day |
[02:37.14] | We are all tired, and have cold feet and hands |
[02:42.93] | It is 30 Centigrade and there is a snowstorm |
[02:50.68] | Great God! This is an awful place! |
[02:58.64] | They turned north |
[03:00.87] | Five tired, unhappy men, |
[03:04.63] | in the coldest, emptiest place on earth |
[03:11.70] | On March 13th, 1912, Scott' s wife Kathleen, |
[03:18.29] | looked at her morning newspaper |
[03:21.69] | NORWAY' S FLAG AT SOUTH POLE, it said |
[03:27.79] | She looked at it for a long time, |
[03:30.70] | and then began to cry |
[03:34.13] | ' What' s the matter?' her friend asked |
[03:38.20] | ' My poor, poor husband,' Mrs Scott said |
[03:43.44] | ' What' s happened to him? Where is he now?' |
[03:50.11] | Scott' s men were always hungry |
[03:53.08] | There were not many depots and they were difficult to find |
[03:57.22] | We need to find the next depot today, Oates wrote |
[04:02.21] | But how can we find one black flag in all this snow? |
[04:08.14] | It' s very difficult |
[04:10.76] | And there is food for four men, not five |
[04:16.58] | They were all tired and ill, too |
[04:20.20] | Oates' s feet were black now, |
[04:23.01] | and he could not feel them |
[04:26.22] | On February 16th, Edgar Evans died |
[04:31.84] | On the 17th they were past the mountains |
[04:36.46] | At the depot there they ate one of the dead ponies |
[04:40.78] | Then they went onten, eleven, twelve kilometres a day |
[04:48.65] | They were ill because their clothes were not warm |
[04:51.65] | and they didn' t have much food |
[04:54.87] | The temperature was sometimes 40 Centigrade |
[05:00.84] | On March 7th Scott looked at Oates' s feet |
[05:05.45] | They were big and black' I can' t pull the sledge now,' |
[05:11.13] | Oates said' It' s very difficult to walk |
[05:15.91] | Am I going to lose these feet, Captain?' |
[05:20.01] | Scott looked at Oates' s feet, |
[05:23.13] | and said nothing |
[05:27.19] | On March 9th they found another depot, |
[05:30.94] | but there was not much food |
[05:33.59] | Slowly, they walked on |
[05:37.08] | Oates' s feet were worse every day |
[05:42.00] | March 17th was Oates' s birthday |
[05:46.10] | He was thirtytwo |
[05:48.99] | He lay in the tent and listened to the wind outside. |
[05:53.85] | He was very cold, very hungry, and very very tired |
[06:02.57] | He wrote a letter to his mother and gave it to Wilson |
[06:07.41] | Then he got up, and opened the door of the tent |
[06:12.58] | He stopped in the door for a minute |
[06:15.63] | Scott, Wilson, and Bowers looked at him |
[06:19.94] | They didn' t speak |
[06:22.94] | ' I' m going outside for a minute,' |
[06:26.64] | Oates said' I may be some time' |
[06:32.47] | They didn' t see him again |
[06:37.93] | At Cape Evans, the Englishmen waited |
[06:42.24] | On December 11th, Meares and the dogs came back |
[06:47.31] | On January 3rd, Teddy Evans and his two men arrived at Cape Evans |
[06:53.96] | The Terra Nova came, and went |
[06:57.66] | Winter began Scott did not come |
[07:04.12] | The Englishmen waited all winter at Cape Evans |
[07:08.31] | Then, on October 26th 1912, |
[07:12.59] | they started for the south |
[07:16.33] | Two weeks later, they found a tent |
[07:20.39] | There were three bodies in the tent |
[07:23.38] | Scott, Wilson, and Bowers |
[07:28.22] | They put the bodies under the snow |
[07:31.66] | Then they took the men' s letters and diaries, |
[07:34.45] | and went north to Cape Evans again |
[07:38.76] | In Scott' s diary they read: Oates died like a good Englishman |
[07:45.13] | We all did Please, remember us, |
[07:49.99] | and look after our families |
[07:53.15] | We did our best |
[07:57.55] | No one found Oates' s body |
[08:00.75] | But he is there, somewhere, |
[08:03.54] | under the snow and the wind, in the coldest, |
[08:07.70] | emptiest place on earth |