September 21, 2011

Thursday, 21 September 1911

Scott

"I saw Scott's plan for the journey today," wrote Gran at Cape Evans. "My goodness, it is an involved proposition. The thought behind it is no doubt marvellous, if only he can carry it out." [1]


Notes:

[1] Tryggve Gran, diary, 21 September, 1911, quoted in The Norwegian With Scott : Tryggve Gran's Antarctic Diary 1910-1913 ([Greenwich] : National Maritime Museum, 1984), p.128.

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