Who said im just going outside

Oates is a legend for walking from a tent into a blizzard with the words "I am just going outside, and may be some time" before sacrificing himself in an effort to save others in Captain Robert Falcon Scott's doomed South Pole expedition. He died an unmarried virgin at the age of 32, according to biographies.

According to Scott's diary, as Oates left the tent he said, "I am just going outside and may be some time. The ship Endurance may not have made it through this remarkable expedition, but every one of its 28 crew survived. The bodies of Scott and his companions were discovered by a search party on 12 November and their records retrieved. Scott looked agitated, as if he had struggled to the last. The others seemed at peace.

The search team took away the bamboo supports of the tent and on top of it they built a cairn, which is now buried deep under the Antarctic ice.

British Antarctic Expedition - Captain Robert Scott and four others tried to be the first to reach the South Pole, Roald Amundsen beat them by just over a month, while Amundsen and his men came back safely, Scott's party all died on the return from the pole - what led to the death of Scott's party. His last words , "I am just going outside, I may be some time", are an understatement of courage and bravery and have been immortalised in the history of Polar exploration.

Oates voluntarily left the tent; it was his 32nd birthday. He was never seen again. Quoted in R. Scott's diary, published as Scott's Last Expedition, ch. We can testify to his bravery. He has borne intense suffering for weeks without complaint, and to the very last was able and willing to discuss outside subjects.

He did not — would not — give up hope to the very end. He was a brave soul. This was the end. He slept through the night before last, hoping not to wake; but he woke in the morning — yesterday. It was blowing a blizzard. Metal Hammer magazine, "Growing Pains" March Debs American labor and political leader - Hall Poet, author, singer, lawyer If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it — keep going, keep going come what may.

But what is your final goal, you may ask. He was unable to pass the necessary exams to join the Army and instead joined a militia regiment. But later, to his immense delight, he was given an attachment to the British army's 6th Inniskilling Dragoons.

Instead, he sent out the message: "We came here to fight, not to surrender. Although the Boers were repulsed, an enemy bullet shattered Capt Oates's thigh, leaving him with a limp and one leg shorter than the other.

This injury would cause him further pain towards the end of his life, when the chill of the Antarctic intensified the effect of his injuries. Yet his war wounds did not deter him from leading an active life. While in India in , his love of hunting - one of his favourite pursuits along with racing and boxing - resulted in him taking an unusual step. He was so unimpressed with the foxhounds he found in the country, he got his brother to send out a fresh pack of dogs from England so he could hunt to the standard he desired.

And when Capt Scott advertised for crew for his scientific expedition, the soldier raised the funds needed to secure a place on the team.

He just needed to tell his mother, who reportedly controlled the family estate, and make sure he got the necessary permissions from the War Office. He signed up to be a midshipman on the Terra Nova - the ship taking the men to their destination - but Capt Scott did not send him to Siberia to get the ponies required for the expedition, despite this being his area of expertise. But in a letter to Mrs Oates in October , Capt Scott acknowledged that her son had played an integral role on the team by caring for the beasts.

Everything depends on the successful work of these animals and your son kindly took charge of them," he wrote. Capt Oates's great-nephew Bryan - who lent many of the documents on show in the exhibition - said that his great-uncle had a mutual respect for Capt Scott, although they did not agree on every aspect of the organisation of the trip. They refused. The following night, according to Scott's diary entry, in the early morning of 16 March , Oates said to his colleagues: "I am just going outside and may be some time.

Oates' self-sacrifice did not save his colleagues from a similar fate. Scott, Wilson and Bowers died nine days later, eleven miles short of their next pre-laid food depot that could have saved their lives.