The Plea of the Antarctic
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The best people to judge are those who served under Captain Scott. Had we been in the same place as the victims we should have wished our bodies to remain at rest where we had given our best efforts in the cause we earnestly believed in.—Commander Evans.
Out of the ice-bound realms a clear voice said, "Give me the right to bury my great dead. No green-girt lands can honour them as I, Nor wrap them round in such pale purity. "Leave them with me, alone in my white world, Place England's flag above their cairns unfurled. I need great souls! Great Hero souls to bless And consecrate my snowy wilderness."