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Scott of the Antarctic letter goes to auction | UK news | guardian.co.uk
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Scott's Terra Nova expedition party at the south pole, January 1912: (clockwise from top left) Captain Lawrence Oates, Captain Robert Scott, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, Dr Edward Wilson and Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers. Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty
A poignant letter from Scott of the Antarctic to a colleague's wife is being sold at auction. The note tells Lois Evans, wife of Edgar, how well he is doing, but did not arrive until months after he had died,.
