On this day in leadership history in 1912, British explorer Robert Scott’s diary & body found in Antarctica. He led two expeditions to the Antarctic and was famously beaten to the South Pole by 33-34 days by Roald Amundsen in 1912.
Scott and his team members died on their return from the pole from a combination of exhaustion, starvation and extreme cold. He became a British hero. His last note, written as he froze to death, read “For God’s sake look after our people”.
Robert Scott – Wikipedia