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Word: scott (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Winsauer heads the list of ushers for the event; others on the committee will include John E. Barnet 4G, Shaun Kelly. Jr. '36, Douglas C. Scott '35, and Robert E. Simon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland House Announces A Christmas Dinner Dance | 12/1/1934 | See Source »

Still 140 mi. from his goal, Scott with Wilson, Bowers, Gates and Evans split off from the others for the final dash. They reached the Pole on Jan. 16, were staggered to find a black flag left by Amundsen. "Great God!" Scott wrote. "This is an awful place, and terrible enough for us to have labored to it without the reward of priority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Polar Capital | 11/26/1934 | See Source »

...November 1911 Scott started south from winter quarters on Cape Evans with dogs, ponies, sledges. On the way the ponies were killed to feed men and dogs. Phenomenally good weather was soon followed by blizzards. Deep snow held the party in a soft vise. On Dec. 14 Scott wrote, "We are just starting our march with no very hopeful outlook." That same day the famed Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, traveling fast by a different route, became the first man to reach the South Pole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Polar Capital | 11/26/1934 | See Source »

...trek back. Sickness, starvation, bad weather ground him and his four companions down. Evans collapsed, lost his mind, died. One day Oates said, "I am just going outside and may be some time." He never came back. His sacrifice was in vain. In November 1912, a searching party found Scott's tent, half buried in snow, a few miles from the last route camp. The three bodies were in their sleeping bags...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Polar Capital | 11/26/1934 | See Source »

Already aware of Amundsen's prior success, Britain was stunned by the tragic news. A national memorial service was held. Scott had written, "For God's sake, take care of our people." The Lord Mayor of London started a fund for the dead men's' families. Before long ?90,000 had poured in. It was decided that the surplus should be used not only for a Scott monument but for the advancement of polar research. Professor Frank Debenham, Cambridge University geographer who had traveled with Scott, had an idea that became a vision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Polar Capital | 11/26/1934 | See Source »

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