Objektnummer
2010.35
Titel
Copy of practically the last letter from the Barrier.
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Beskrivning
Copy of a letter: an almost complete transcript of the penultimate letter written by Dr Edward Adrian Wilson to his wife Oriana. Copy made by Oriana Wilson; original destroyed in the 1930s. Written on the return journey from the South Pole. Late March 1912. The Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913).
Produktionsplats
Antarctica, United Kingdom, London
Datum
1912-03 - 1912-03
Produktionsperiod
Early 20th century
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[1st page] To my beloved Wife - / Life has been a struggle / for some weeks now on this / return journey from the Pole. so much / so that I have not been able to / keep my diary going. Today may / be the last effort. Birdie & I are / going to try & reach the depot / 11 miles North of us & return / to this tent where Capt Scott / is lying with a frozen foot. / We have been short oil & short / food for so long & such low / temperatures & bad weather / that we are all done up. Evans / & Oates are dead - Our effort / [2nd page] today is rather a forlorn hope / but I hope this ink reach you / .. . . I look forward to meeting / you after this life is over. I shall / simply fall & go to sleep in the / snow & I have your little books / with me in my breast pocket . . . / God will bring us together again / . . . . . . . . . / Don't be unhappy darling - all / is for the best. We are playing / a good part in a great scheme / arranged by God himself & / all is well. I find absolutely no / terror in the thought that this is my / last day of life. Yet it almost certainly / is I think dear. I am only / [3rd page] sorry I couldn't have seen your / loving letters & Mother & Dad's & / the Smith's & all the happy news I / had hoped to see, but all these things / are easily seen later I expect when / we are with Christ which is far / better. God be with you . . . . / I would like to have written writen[crossed out] to / Mother & Dad & all at home but / it has been impossible. We will all / meet after death & death has no / terrors. God keep you in the / disappointment. We have done / what we thought was best . . . . / Goodbye for the present. / . . . . . / [4th page] Copy of practically all / the last letter from the Barrier.[at bottom] TRUSLOVE & HANSON'S / ANTIQUE AZURE LAID / [at top] LONDON
