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Episode 7: "Rejoice"
In early March, Scott and his three remaining companions' progress on the Great Ice Barrier is slowed by lowering
temperatures, stormy weather, continually deficient depot rations, scurvy, and Oates' deteriorating leg. Oates, at the end
of his strength, sacrifices himself on March 17 by crawling out of the Scott party tent and into a lethal blizzard, hoping
that his death will enable the others to complete their return journey. Scott, Wilson, and Bowers struggle onward. At
McMurdo base, Teddy Evans and his two men have returned, delirious with scurvy. Meares is not available for a depot-
replenishing dog run, and a young and inexperienced Apsley Cherry-Garrard is sent in this capacity. He arrives at One Ton
Depot with ample supplies and waits for Scott. With no sign of Scott, he debates whether to go further south with the
supplies or to depot them at One Ton and return to base. He chooses the latter. Scott, Wilson, and Bowers are a mere 11
miles from One Ton Depot when they are trapped in their tent by a blizzard lasting more than a week. Their food and fuel
exhausted, they die. In Europe, Amundsen is snubbed and mocked by English nobles and chastised by Nansen for "breaking his
word" and going to the South Pole instead of the North. Atkinson leads a search party in November, 1912 and finds the tent
with the bodies of Scott, Wilson, and Bowers. He deliberately misdiagnoses the scurvy of his dead colleagues and
attributes the deaths to wanton exposure. Word of Scott's death reaches England, and his diaries are published with his
wife's consent, but edited to remove any hint of failure of decision or behavior on the part of anyone involved in the
expedition.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• DRAMA

[VanDee2008]

Some really fine scenes here - thank you so much for making this series available for us!

[Hunpecked]

We only have Scott's word on what Oates said, and Scott may have (understandably) embellished a bit, so close to the end.

[lobo453]

What happened to his famous quote?