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1909 (Nov.3) autographed letter from Robert Falcon Scott to…
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20-Sep-2011
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1909 (Nov.3) autographed letter from Robert Falcon Scott to Conrad Fry, on 'British Antactic Expedition, 1910' letterhead regarding a letter of endorsement Fry's proposed publishing regarding the fact that Fry's chocolates would be among the provisions to be taken to the Antarctic and thanking him for some samples. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Cvo (1868 - 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition of 1901-04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition of 1910-13. During this second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the south pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that they had been preceded by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian Expedition. on their return journey, Scott and his four comrades all perished from a combination of exhaustion, starvation and extreme cold.
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Militaria & Weapons: Ephemera