0:02:06 > 0:02:09'September 9th 1904.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14'Onboard the Discovery, homeward bound from the Antarctic.'
0:02:14 > 0:02:18'I hope I've added to the knowledge gleaned by Cook, Sir James Ross...
0:02:18 > 0:02:24'and other explorers before me, but I've only touched the fringe.'
0:02:24 > 0:02:30'I leave behind a whole continent - vast, mysterious, inhospitable...
0:02:30 > 0:02:34'and still, to all intents and purposes, unknown.'
0:04:01 > 0:04:06- Well, good night, Scott. - Good night, sir. - I'm sorry, that's how the land lies.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Thank you.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Good luck to you.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Sit up a little, Con.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- Hmm? - Sit up.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Sorry.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39What's wrong? You can't go ahead.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43We can go ahead, but the Treasury won't give us the money.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48- Is that very bad? - Yes. It means I get the men but not the backing.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50I'd have to make a public appeal.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Why don't you?
0:04:53 > 0:04:57I might lose my chance in the Navy.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Then I'd need another job.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04And that would mean discomfort and unpleasantness for you.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07As far as I'm concerned, I'd take it on any day.
0:05:07 > 0:05:13As far as WE'RE concerned, any day. You knew the Antarctic before me.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18I always knew you'd go back and I'm not the least jealous.
0:05:18 > 0:05:24In fact, I don't think I'd love you as much if you didn't. Don't move.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Remember walking along the sands, after the tide had gone out?
0:05:28 > 0:05:32- I asked what exploring meant to you. - Yes.
0:05:32 > 0:05:40The sands were still wet and you said, "The fascination of making the first footmarks."
0:05:40 > 0:05:42I'm a very, very lucky man.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Now, what shall it be?
0:05:59 > 0:06:04"I appeal with confidence," or "I confidently appeal"?
0:06:04 > 0:06:07"It is with confidence that we appeal."
0:06:09 > 0:06:11BIRDSONG
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Lunch.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Lunch is ready, dear.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Just in time, Oriana.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- What is it? - A flea. A rare one.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Just hold him while I get some spirit to preserve him.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04No ordinary flea, Oriana, I'll send it to Rothschild's collection.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06I might as well send him my souffle.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07Is that done now?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Yes, quite done.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Never mind. How's the drawing going?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16"Natterer's bat." Lovely name.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Oh, isn't it heavenly here, all on our own?
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Except for dead bats.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27And grouse. I wish they wouldn't send them to you on holiday.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29MOTOR CAR BACKFIRES
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I'll go and see.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Natterer's bat. Natterer's bat.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44Did you hear me, Mrs Wilson? I suppose you couldn't help it.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46The car's exhausted by the gate.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- How far have you come? - Nearly a mile. Bill about?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Do you want him? - I do, rather.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- He's working, you know. - Yes, I know.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- He's...- Working.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Come along.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07It's Captain Scott.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Hello, Con. - Hello, Bill.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- Haven't seen much of you lately. - He's been on honeymoon.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17I've been rather busy, but we hope to have a honeymoon, some day.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Well, Con, what's up?
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Shackleton hasn't done it, Bill.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Nearly, but not quite. I'm going back.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Shall we go in?
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Mind if I kick it up a bit?
0:08:36 > 0:08:41No, carry on, they're your boots. How far did Shackleton get?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44He got within 90 miles of the pole.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49- Isn't 90 miles near enough? - No, because it isn't it.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53It's not the South Pole. That's still there waiting.
0:08:53 > 0:08:58And I think an Englishman should get there first.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59What do you say?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01I work for the Grouse Commission.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05That's no obstacle. We shan't leave for at least a year.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08My exploring days are over.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11I don't want to get there first, just for the sake of it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- But... - If it was a different proposition...
0:09:15 > 0:09:19If the plan was to finish what we began on the Discovery expedition.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22That is the idea, Bill, that's it.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27We'll work right up to the pole. It'll be the best expedition ever.
0:09:27 > 0:09:32Dozens of scientists under that most eminent scientist, Dr Wilson.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Heavens, that is different.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Come with me, Bill.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42I couldn't let him go without me, could I, Oriana?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48No.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Thank you.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56I wonder if the motor will start.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Yes, I wonder. You can't go without eating.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02No, of course not.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29That's the fly you caught the two-pounder on. Remember?
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Yes. A long time ago now.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Look, the gut's all perished.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38So it is.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Oh, darling! Darling!
0:10:54 > 0:10:57- Morning, Teddy. - Oh, good morning, sir.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58What have you got there?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Well, it's a sort of cash chart.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05That's the target. The date's there. That's contributions coming in.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Hmm. Long way to go yet.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- Anything in the post? - Not much money, plenty of people.
0:11:11 > 0:11:17"Dear Sir, if I could join your expedition, I would become a British subject."
0:11:17 > 0:11:24This boy says, "My dormitory's cold so I'm sure I'd be all right."
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Let him down lightly. Anything else?
0:11:26 > 0:11:30No cheques. Details of your lectures
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Sir, there's a young lady here about a dog.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Dog?
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Oh, show her in, Caroline.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- Name, please, miss? - Helen Field.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48Chair, Teddy. Please sit down, Miss Field.
0:11:48 > 0:11:55Thank you. I've brought you the money for a sledge dog. You said we might.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Very kind of you. My name is Scott.
0:11:57 > 0:12:04- I know. - This is Evans, my second in command. - I didn't know that. How are you?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- How are you, Teddy? - Very well, thank you.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11Here's the envelope with the money. from the school. And...
0:12:11 > 0:12:17Miss Field, when business firms send us cheques, we're pleased enough...
0:12:17 > 0:12:21but, somehow, this means more.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Please thank them tremendously. How many are there?
0:12:24 > 0:12:26300, nearly.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Please thank them all.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33We name the dogs after the schools that give them. What's yours called?
0:12:33 > 0:12:36The South Hampstead High School for Girls.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39We better just call him Hampstead.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49..on such a dirty night to hear this talk.
0:12:49 > 0:12:57During the past few days, I have had the pleasure, I should say the great pleasure...
0:12:57 > 0:13:00of addressing meetings all over the country.
0:13:00 > 0:13:07And knowing, as I do, the rivalry that exists among our towns, er, cities...
0:13:07 > 0:13:11I hope that, as the result of this rivalry,
0:13:11 > 0:13:16I shall be able to report to my committee in London...
0:13:16 > 0:13:20that your city has gone one,
0:13:20 > 0:13:25if not a great deal, better than your fellow cities.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Er, thank you.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31RIPPLE OF APPLAUSE
0:13:32 > 0:13:35We're very grateful to Captain Scott...
0:13:35 > 0:13:40for coming to give us this account of the Antarctic.
0:13:40 > 0:13:46If anyone wants to ask questions, Captain Scott will answer them.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Mr Chairman, I'm not averse to serving the national interest.
0:13:54 > 0:13:59But why must this country send another expedition?
0:13:59 > 0:14:02What about the Norwegians, Nansen?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Nansen gave up polar exploration.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06What about that other feller?
0:14:06 > 0:14:12- Amundsen is making for the North Pole not the South. - What's the difference?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14LAUGHTER
0:14:14 > 0:14:18What's the prospect of trade between us and the South Pole?
0:14:18 > 0:14:23Is there any coal down there, anything I can buy or sell?
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Sorry we didn't raise more, but I suppose every penny counts.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Can I drop you at the station?
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- No, please don't bother. - Then good night and good luck.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Thank you. Good night.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Captain Scott?
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Yes.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54Glad I've caught you. I've come from India, want to join your show.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Good with horses.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00You came 6,000 miles to join me?
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- Yes, sir, landed this morning. - Who are you?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Oates. I'm with the Inniskillings.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Hmm. No sense in getting soaked.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14That's better.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- Cavalry man, eh? - Yes, sir, Dragoons.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19Know anything about the Antarctic?
0:15:19 > 0:15:24Only what I've read. If you're taking ponies, I'll come in handy.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- Fit? - As a fiddle.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28- Age? - 29.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30- Married? - No.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- It'll be tough. - I know. - As Hades.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35But not so warm.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38But I think we can manage it.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- We? - That's what I said.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42You'll take me?
0:15:42 > 0:15:46Glad to. You're on the strength.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- I say! - Here's a tram. Come on.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I say, just a moment.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55This any good?
0:15:58 > 0:16:02- This is for £1,000. - Yes. Any good?
0:16:02 > 0:16:06'Instead of waiting for the money to come in,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09'I'm trying out my motor sledges.'
0:16:09 > 0:16:11CHEERING
0:16:23 > 0:16:28You see, Dr Nansen? The wheels make a road as it goes along.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- What do you think of it? - Yes, what do you think?
0:16:31 > 0:16:37- Dr Nansen doesn't like motors, dear. - That is so. I like dogs.
0:16:37 > 0:16:44We should use modern inventions - somebody's got to try things out.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47I'd take a wireless telegraph but it's too heavy.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51Right, Captain, but I like dogs.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56That's what Amundsen says. I've heard his plans to go to the North Pole.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01Amundsen's my pupil, so, of course, he believes in dogs.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06I'd hate to repeat my experience on the Discovery expedition.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10We look on dogs rather differently.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14More as friends.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Captain, a friend in need is a friend indeed.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21The Antarctic is cold and cruel.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Even worse than the North.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28A dog is an animal. When finished,
0:17:28 > 0:17:33he's still useful to other dogs and even man, if need be.
0:17:33 > 0:17:39That machine, when it is finished, is just a heap of metal in the snow.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43You cannot eat it.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47True. I'm not forgetting the lessons of the past.
0:17:47 > 0:17:53But I want the new things, as well. I shall take dogs, ponies and motors.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57I would take dogs, dogs and dogs.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Hello, Bill. Morning, Teddy.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- How's Kathleen? - Splendid. Come in. Morning, Atch.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- And the baby? - Wonderful - bald as a coot.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Morning, sir.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17I'd know that mug anywhere. Come out of it, Taff Evans.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23I was surprised you didn't apply to come with me this time, Evans.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I knew you'd send for me eventually.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- My release is through at last. - There's no hurry, Bill.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- Morning, sir. - Morning, Teddy. Look.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37The rate the money's coming in, you can carve grouse until Christmas.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43- It's depressing. Time's getting on. - None of us are getting any younger.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47"11.30 - Bowers"? I told you not to make any more appointments.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49He came from the Persian Gulf, sir.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51I couldn't say you wouldn't see him.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Hmm. Indian Marine Lieutenant.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58- Doesn't say how old he is. - 26, sir. Today, as a matter of fact.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- May I come in, sir? - You are, aren't you?
0:19:01 > 0:19:05There's more to come, sir, with permission. The door was open.
0:19:05 > 0:19:06True.
0:19:06 > 0:19:12I heard my name. I did mention my age, sir. There, sir. 26.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Is that real, or something stuffed inside your coat?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Quite real, sir.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Hmm. Bill, how's this?
0:19:22 > 0:19:27Well, I'd rather he hit Teddy than me. May he hit Teddy?
0:19:27 > 0:19:31- Mmm, I don't see why not. - Sir, I'm senior to Bowers.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- Pity. - Sit down, Bowers.
0:19:39 > 0:19:45Want to be first to reach the pole - out for a bit of white ribbon, eh?
0:19:45 > 0:19:49No, sir. I know it sounds stupid to want adventure.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51What do you mean?
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Well, sir, get some extra knowledge
0:19:55 > 0:19:59of the stars and land and weather and...
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- And? - Other men's jobs.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09Well, Bowers, to date, we've had 6,042 applications.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12I'm afraid we can't take anybody else.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14TELEPHONE RINGS
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Hello? Good morning, Sir Clemence.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22What? The grant is through.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25How much?
0:20:27 > 0:20:30I see. Yes, yes, of course.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35Thanks for letting us know at once. Yes. Goodbye, sir.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38- How much? - £20,000.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- A lot short of what we wanted. - But it makes it possible.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- We shall have to cut down a bit. - How about my side?
0:20:44 > 0:20:50It'll still be the greatest science expedition to leave England.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55- How will we do it?- One ship instead of two. There she is.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58We can go, Bill. We're going.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01What? I was going to kick you out.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll take you. How's that?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Thank you, sir.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13- Oh, Bowers. - Yes, sir?
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- Many happy returns. - Thank you very much, sir.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32'The first leg of our journey, halfway round the world.'
0:21:34 > 0:21:37BAND PLAYS JAUNTY MUSIC
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Just a minute, son. Just a minute.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- Excuse me, sir. - Oi, you, stop it.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16SPEAKS RUSSIAN
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Where is Captain Scott, please?
0:22:18 > 0:22:22SPEAKS RUSSIAN WHISTLE
0:22:22 > 0:22:27Sonny, you come to Uncle. He's Russian, he don't understand.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32This is for the owner. Up there. Not on the bridge, on the poop deck.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39- Telegram, Captain Scott. - Oh? Oh, thank you.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- Thanks. - Any message for Peter?
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Tell him I'll bring him a penguin.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45SHIP'S HORN SOUNDS
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Excuse me.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Goodbye.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02God bless and keep you, my dearest.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Until...
0:23:05 > 0:23:08All visitors ashore. Come along.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Think of me when you make those footmarks.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Every step of the way.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13HORN SOUNDS
0:23:20 > 0:23:23BELLS
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Up gangway!
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Hold on!
0:23:32 > 0:23:33LAUGHTER
0:23:33 > 0:23:35All right, carry on.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40BAND PLAY: Will Ye No Come Back Again?
0:24:45 > 0:24:50Thousands of miles from a bookie and I get red-hot tip for the National!
0:24:50 > 0:24:55- Is that a race?- A race? - Hook, line and sinker.
0:24:56 > 0:25:01The Grouse Commission are thinking of us. They don't say what.
0:25:01 > 0:25:08Here's one, sir. "Love to Hampstead and kind regards to the rest of you, Helen Field."
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I've got another one here.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17ENGINES THROB
0:25:17 > 0:25:20"Am going South. Amundsen."
0:25:21 > 0:25:23But I thought it was understood.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- Everyone did. - I can't believe it.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Perfectly true, read it yourself.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- From Madeira - so he's started. - Not very sporting, I must say.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:25:39 > 0:25:41He changed his mind!
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Anyone's allowed to change his mind.
0:25:44 > 0:25:49He was going North, now he's going South, that's all.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04- It means a lot to you, doesn't it? - You know damn well it does.
0:26:04 > 0:26:10The Antarctic's enough to be up against without him butting in.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13We're not rigged for racing.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18Quite, Con. Quite. What would you do with all our scientists?
0:26:18 > 0:26:21We'd be falling over each other.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24You're right, Bill. You're right.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27This is a scientific expedition.
0:26:27 > 0:26:35I'm not going to be stampeded and I'm not going to take any risks. In fact, I'm not going to race.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Wonder what route he's taking.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53'Wonderful to be free from problems, so difficult for me to handle.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57'Whatever lies ahead, I'm now on my own ground.'
0:28:31 > 0:28:34There, sir. The Great Ice Barrier.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37400 miles long and 100 foot high.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04'This is the best place.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08'A sloping shore and a good stretch of bay ice.'
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Steady - keep her straight on the lines.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Mush! Mush!
0:29:34 > 0:29:40'With ponies, sledges, dogs and men, we've transported excellently.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43'Bowers proved a perfect treasure.'
0:29:43 > 0:29:47'There's not a case he doesn't know, or a single article he cannot find.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52'So we are landed and the hut is up eight days after our arrival.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54'A very good record.'
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- Sir? - What is it, McKenzie?
0:29:59 > 0:30:05We wondered if you'd take puss along. Show up well against the snow
0:30:05 > 0:30:11- Hear, hear, sir. - It's very good of you fellers to suggest it...
0:30:11 > 0:30:14but I can't take the luck from the ship.
0:30:14 > 0:30:18- Great minds think alike, eh? - Yes, sir.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Goodbye, Pennell. Best of luck.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- And to you, sir. - See you in about...a year's time!
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Yes, sir.
0:30:28 > 0:30:33'The ship will drop Campbell's party further up the coast.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36'What news shall we have for her when she returns next summer?'
0:30:43 > 0:30:47'There is much for us all to do while the daylight lasts.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52'When the sun does go, we shan't see it for half a year.'
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!
0:31:26 > 0:31:29Hello!
0:31:29 > 0:31:34Hi, don't go away. Come back, there's nothing to worry about.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Well, winter's almost on us.
0:31:47 > 0:31:53We're sitting tight for six months. So I'll go over what's ahead when the sun comes back.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58This chart makes things easy to understand.
0:31:58 > 0:32:04- Can you see all right at the back? - Yes, sir. - We're here, just above the sea ice.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07First stage is the Great Ice Barrier.
0:32:07 > 0:32:12About 400 miles to cross. Then come mountains, 9,000 feet high.
0:32:12 > 0:32:18We get up the Beardmore Glacier, over 100 miles of it.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23Lastly, the plateau. Another 350 miles along that to the pole.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Now, about ways and means.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32The secret of travel in the Antarctic is food and fuel.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37Hot food takes one further than cold. There's no living off the land.
0:32:37 > 0:32:44Every ounce will be carried and depoted to supply us on the way home.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Give me a hand with the other one, Bill, will you?
0:32:53 > 0:32:57You see these depots marked here? Up to the last, One Ton.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01We've put them down this summer, to save weight next summer.
0:33:01 > 0:33:09Beyond, on the outward journey, Southern Party will put down more depots, every so often.
0:33:09 > 0:33:16The resources of the entire party will be devoted to getting four men into a position...
0:33:16 > 0:33:21from which they can make their final bid for the pole.
0:33:21 > 0:33:27Outward - tractors, ponies and dogs will haul as much as they can, as far as they can.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31From then on, with no machines or animals, it's up to us.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35From the glacier to the pole and all the way back, man-hauling.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39Now, the time margin is very small.
0:33:39 > 0:33:45As ponies can't stand the lowest temperatures, we'll have to start later.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50We must move faster than Shackleton to stand any chance of getting back.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55Getting back before the darkness and winter blizzards set in again.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Is that all clear? Any questions?
0:34:02 > 0:34:05- I know one I'd like to ask him. - Which four, eh?
0:34:05 > 0:34:07SHIP'S HORN SOUNDS
0:34:09 > 0:34:11The ship! She's back!
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- What's up, Pennell? - Came across Amundsen, sir!
0:34:34 > 0:34:36- Where? - Bay of Whales.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41400 miles away. That's next door out here.
0:34:41 > 0:34:42How many men's he got with him?
0:34:42 > 0:34:47Only 19. More than 100 dogs. Never seen so many dogs.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49He's got some cheek. We found this.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54A million miles to choose from and he has to pick a bit of ours.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56The Antarctic's big enough.
0:34:56 > 0:35:01Thanks for the news. You better get out again before the sea freezes.
0:35:01 > 0:35:06I'll be glad when we've done the pole and can get down to some real work. Won't you, Bill?
0:35:09 > 0:35:11WIND WHISTLES
0:35:18 > 0:35:20TAPPING ON TYPEWRITER
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Shut that door!
0:35:53 > 0:35:55PONIES WHINNY
0:35:55 > 0:35:57DOGS YELP
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Giving tongue, aren't they?
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Well, good night, all.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07- Good night, Pongo. - Brrr!
0:36:20 > 0:36:25- Goodnight, Uncle Bill. - Goodnight, Atch.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29GRAMOPHONE PLAYS BALLAD
0:37:19 > 0:37:23- Good night, sir. - Good night, Lashly.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48WIND HOWLS
0:37:57 > 0:37:59LAUGHTER
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Gentlemen, one more toast. Sweethearts and wives.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13- ALL:- Sweethearts and wives.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Here's to myself and another And may that other be she.
0:38:17 > 0:38:22Who drinks to herself and another And may that other be me.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- Jolly good. - I'll drink to that.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26"Other be I", surely.
0:38:26 > 0:38:32Gentlemen, the famous Russian dancers - Dmitri and Oatesikowsky!
0:38:32 > 0:38:34PIANOLA
0:38:49 > 0:38:51LAUGHTER AND CHEERING
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Very good, Dmitri.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Gentlemen, Mr Ponting will recite.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50All right. Give us the doings, someone.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55"The Sleeping Bag", a poem.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00On the outside grows the fur side On the inside grows the skin side
0:40:00 > 0:40:04So the first side is the outside And the skin side is the inside
0:40:04 > 0:40:08One side likes the skin side inside And the fur side on the outside
0:40:08 > 0:40:12Others like the skin side outside And the fur side on the inside
0:40:12 > 0:40:16If you turn the skin side outside Thinking you'll side with that side
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Then the soft side, fur side's inside
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Which some argue is the wrong side
0:40:21 > 0:40:25If you turn the fur side outside As you say, it grows on that side
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Then your outside's next to skin side
0:40:27 > 0:40:29Which for comfort's not the right side
0:40:29 > 0:40:33The skin side is the cold side and your outside's not your warm side
0:40:33 > 0:40:38And two cold sides side-by-side are not right side, one side decides!
0:40:38 > 0:40:42You decide to side with that side, turn the top side fur side inside
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Then the cold side, hard side skin side
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Beyond all question, inside out!
0:40:47 > 0:40:49LAUGHTER
0:40:49 > 0:40:54ALL: Well done, that man! Well done, that man!
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Well done, Bowers.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00# When the snow lay round about
0:41:00 > 0:41:05# Deep and crisp and even
0:41:05 > 0:41:09# Brightly shone the moon that night
0:41:09 > 0:41:13# Though the frost was cruel
0:41:13 > 0:41:18# When a poor man came in sight
0:41:18 > 0:41:24# Gathering winter fuel. #
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Christopher, you're a toad.
0:41:34 > 0:41:39You're in good form, Soldier, how about these fellers?
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Not too dusty, considering.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Will they get us across the barrier in spring?
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Can't say yet.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51One or two I'm a bit worried about.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Nobby's all right.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55So's James Pig.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Gee-hew, I'm not so sure.
0:42:03 > 0:42:09This feller Amundsen, can he do it, do you think, just with dogs?
0:42:09 > 0:42:12I can't say. Can't say.
0:42:12 > 0:42:20Norwegians are better with dogs than us and our using these chaps means making a later start.
0:42:20 > 0:42:26His base is 80 miles nearer the pole but he's crossing unknown country.
0:42:26 > 0:42:31It all depends on whether he finds another way up to the plateau.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Just a matter of luck.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38But they're tough people, no doubt about it.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13'It's glorious to stand in brilliant sunshine again.
0:43:13 > 0:43:19'It's in the lap of the gods. I can think of nothing left undone to deserve success.'
0:43:19 > 0:43:21- Come along, Crean! - Just a minute, sir.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Hurry up, Pongo.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29- Hurry up, Teddy. - Aye, aye, sir.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33Right, Lashly, let's have another go.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44Right-ho, Teddy. Good luck!
0:43:45 > 0:43:48ENGINES SPLUTTER AND BACKFIRE
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Come on, the Baltic Fleet!
0:44:05 > 0:44:10'The slowest ponies first - with Atkinson, Wright and Keohane.'
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Birdy!
0:44:14 > 0:44:17'Bowers, Crean, Cherry-Garrard.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21'Evans with Smasher.
0:44:21 > 0:44:25'Evans is a tower of strength, sound and as hard as ever.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29'Wilson with Nobby.
0:44:30 > 0:44:35'Oates with Christopher - biggest handful of the lot.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38'And myself with Snibbets.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42'16 men, all told.
0:44:53 > 0:44:57'Four days out, all ponies going well.'
0:44:59 > 0:45:01Mush! Mush!
0:45:01 > 0:45:03Mush! Mush!
0:45:10 > 0:45:12Steady!
0:45:15 > 0:45:18DOGS HOWL
0:45:27 > 0:45:29'Antarctic air sharpens appetites.
0:45:29 > 0:45:35'We're always ready for our pemmican, followed by tea or cocoa.'
0:45:35 > 0:45:37Here you are, Studdy, Hampstead.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02Just a heap of metal in the snow.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05There's still the other one.
0:46:05 > 0:46:09I hope so, Bill. I certainly hope so.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11MACHINERY CLANKS
0:46:15 > 0:46:18I'm afraid that's it, sir.
0:46:19 > 0:46:23We'll have to man-haul till the others catch us up.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34'Both motors have fallen out.
0:46:34 > 0:46:37'Now all depends on the ponies.'
0:46:37 > 0:46:39Whoa, back!
0:46:39 > 0:46:43Now, Christopher! Whoa back!
0:46:43 > 0:46:45LAUGHTER
0:46:46 > 0:46:49'We're marching by midnight sun,
0:46:49 > 0:46:54'so the ponies rest at the warmest time of the day.'
0:46:54 > 0:46:56WIND WHISTLES
0:47:09 > 0:47:13Sir, I've been totting up on the hay we have aboard.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16Is none of them ponies coming back?
0:47:16 > 0:47:18'Fraid not, Crean.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23PONIES WHINNY
0:47:24 > 0:47:28Soon meat - much meat, fresh meat.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35'More than halfway to the glacier...
0:47:35 > 0:47:39'but it's still rather touch-and-go with the ponies.'
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Here it is! Hey, Teddy!
0:47:46 > 0:47:51- Sir!- 150 miles since the motors let you down. Well done.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58Shall we get them to the glacier?
0:47:58 > 0:48:03Gee-hew's about done, I'm afraid. Still, he's paid his way.
0:48:11 > 0:48:18It's strange, but when I write to Oriana, I can see so clearly the place the letter's going to.
0:48:18 > 0:48:24- But her face is always misty. - Yes. Yes, I know what you mean.
0:48:24 > 0:48:29When I try and see Kathleen, there's always a feature I can't get.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32Very odd. I feel the same about my horse.
0:48:32 > 0:48:38I can see the paddock all right, but I can't get the chap's muzzle.
0:48:38 > 0:48:42This is as far as we go together. Thank you, Day, Hooper.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45- Thank you, sir. - Goodbye. Good luck.
0:48:45 > 0:48:49- Thank you, sir.- Don't forget the letters, Day.- No, sir.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55Bye, you fellers!
0:48:55 > 0:48:57Goodbye!
0:49:04 > 0:49:06Gee-hew.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09Atch!
0:49:22 > 0:49:24GUNSHOT
0:50:11 > 0:50:17'The blizzard lost us five days. We're well behind Shackleton's time.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21'We must get the ponies on a little further.'
0:50:41 > 0:50:46We can't be far from the glacier now. Wherever we are, this is the finish.
0:50:49 > 0:50:50Crean.
0:51:08 > 0:51:09Birdy!
0:51:26 > 0:51:27GUNSHOT
0:51:34 > 0:51:36GUNSHOT
0:51:40 > 0:51:42GUNSHOT
0:51:46 > 0:51:48GUNSHOT
0:51:49 > 0:51:51DOGS HOWL
0:51:56 > 0:51:59Well, Christopher, old man.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02GUNSHOT
0:52:16 > 0:52:17Look!
0:52:26 > 0:52:29Well, they did it. I congratulate you, Titus.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32And I thank you, Titus.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37The glacier tomorrow, Bill.
0:52:42 > 0:52:47- Dmitri!- Sir?- Here's the mail. Good luck.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49Bye, sir.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53- Goodbye, Dmitri. - Goodbye, Dmitri. - Good luck, boy.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55Do svidanya!
0:52:55 > 0:52:57Mush! Mush!
0:53:00 > 0:53:04- Goodbye, Meares. Have a good run. - Thank you, sir. Best of luck to you.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07- Thanks. - Mush! Mush!
0:53:27 > 0:53:31'12 men with three sledges, man-hauling.'
0:54:41 > 0:54:44Brandy, Bill? What's this for?
0:54:44 > 0:54:49That, my dear Titus, is purely medicinal. Kindly hand it to me.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53'We've climbed 4,000 feet.
0:54:53 > 0:54:57'We've been toiling for five days but are barely halfway up.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01'Surely we were right not to bring the dogs on?'
0:56:06 > 0:56:11- That way!- Aye, aye, sir.- Ready? Heave.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19Ready? Heave.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03Birdy, better leave a flag here. Seems to be a good way up.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05Aye, aye, sir.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47That's what Shackleton called "Buckley Island".
0:57:47 > 0:57:53- Top of the glacier, sir? - That's right. Our last big climb.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56We'll be at the top for Christmas dinner.
0:57:56 > 0:58:00That's right, Lashly, merry Christmas is the word.
0:58:03 > 0:58:07Take the strain, Crean. Toss him a line, Birdy.
0:58:16 > 0:58:20- You all right, Lashly? - Yes, sir. Sure to be.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22It's my birthday, too.
0:58:22 > 0:58:27- Many happy returns, Lashly. - Right, Birdy. Right, Crean.
0:58:27 > 0:58:29Hold in. Heave.
0:58:36 > 0:58:38Caramel?
0:58:38 > 0:58:41- Thank you, sir. - Thank you, Bill.
0:58:43 > 0:58:47- Atch? - Thank you, Uncle Bill.
0:58:47 > 0:58:51- Soldier, you're a marvel. - Christmas comes but once a year.
0:58:51 > 0:58:55- Christmas comes and Atch goes, eh? - Yes, worse luck.
0:58:58 > 0:59:01Mmm. Good.
0:59:01 > 0:59:04Pemmican and pony, how do you do it, Titus?
0:59:04 > 0:59:09- Simple. You've had short rations all week.- Oh-ho!
0:59:09 > 0:59:13- Well, it was worth it. - Thank you, sir.
0:59:14 > 0:59:16Atch?
0:59:16 > 0:59:20What do you have to have to be given brandy?
0:59:20 > 0:59:23Leprosy. Plague.
0:59:23 > 0:59:26Or just an ordinary fit.
0:59:26 > 0:59:28Fit, eh?
0:59:28 > 0:59:35- Er, more, sir?- Oh, sorry, sir. - That's all right, Atch. It's crowded.
0:59:35 > 0:59:38- We ought to eat by numbers. - Don't put too much faith in numbers.
0:59:38 > 0:59:40Carry on, Evans. Story coming.
0:59:40 > 0:59:43Hardly a story exactly, sir.
0:59:43 > 0:59:51But I remember, at Whale Island, we had a PO gunnery instructor, on a gun with a new-fangled action.
0:59:51 > 0:59:55You had to push a button near the breech with your left thumb...
0:59:55 > 0:59:58then whang in the block.
0:59:58 > 1:00:01Some got the movements too close together.
1:00:01 > 1:00:06In goes the block and off comes the top of their thumb.
1:00:06 > 1:00:12This PO is tired of seeing people with no tops of their thumb and he says,
1:00:12 > 1:00:16"Listen, flat-footed soldiers, let's have no more of this."
1:00:16 > 1:00:20"I'll demonstrate to you slowly, by numbers."
1:00:20 > 1:00:23"One, open the breech. Two, press the button with the left thumb...
1:00:24 > 1:00:29"..and, three, send home the block with the right hand."
1:00:29 > 1:00:33"And that's how you lose the top of your bloody thumb!"
1:00:33 > 1:00:38- Whoa! Whoa! - Keep back, keep back! - Eeuurggh! Brandy, brandy! Brandy!
1:00:39 > 1:00:43That's out of date, Titus. This is the modern treatment!
1:00:43 > 1:00:45No! No!
1:00:45 > 1:00:47No! Stop it!
1:01:06 > 1:01:11'9,000 feet up, the barrier and the glacier behind us.
1:01:11 > 1:01:15'It should be level going now. All the way to our goal.'
1:01:25 > 1:01:30Bye, Atch. Look out for us about the beginning of March.
1:01:30 > 1:01:35With any luck, we'll be back before the ship has to go.
1:01:35 > 1:01:37I hope I haven't disappointed you?
1:01:37 > 1:01:41No. It was a sheer toss-up whether you or Titus went on from here.
1:01:41 > 1:01:45Really? Who's going on the last lap?
1:01:45 > 1:01:50Don't suppose it's settled. Four of us. We're all hoping.
1:01:50 > 1:01:52Ready? Heave.
1:01:52 > 1:01:57- Bye, boys!- Goodbye!- Goodbye, fellers!
1:02:19 > 1:02:23'Eight men with two sledges. Man-hauling.'
1:02:25 > 1:02:29- This wind! - Help us on the way back, though.
1:02:52 > 1:02:55Hardest decision of the lot, Bill.
1:02:55 > 1:02:57And the one where you can't help me.
1:03:07 > 1:03:12Can we depot our skis here? Help lighten our sledge.
1:03:12 > 1:03:17Yes, all right. Leave your lot here. Return party can pick 'em up.
1:03:17 > 1:03:19Whoever they are.
1:03:19 > 1:03:24We'll make lunch camp here. Let you get ahead a bit.
1:03:46 > 1:03:49'Is my team the best? Is it?
1:03:49 > 1:03:54'How will we know the toughest? Bill and I. Yes, that's two.
1:03:55 > 1:04:00'Taff Evans, of course. Soldier. Soldier, too.
1:04:00 > 1:04:07'All right. Our four. Our four? What about Teddy's?'
1:04:12 > 1:04:15Halt.
1:04:15 > 1:04:17Carry on, Bill.
1:04:20 > 1:04:22Ready? Heave.
1:04:33 > 1:04:37'The best four men. Who are the best four?
1:04:38 > 1:04:42'Teddy? Birdy? Lashly? Crean?'
1:05:14 > 1:05:16Last letters home go tomorrow.
1:05:22 > 1:05:24You're too big, both of you.
1:05:24 > 1:05:27What the captain wants is a middler.
1:05:27 > 1:05:33- About five foot eight. - What might you be? - Five foot eight.
1:05:33 > 1:05:34Ooh.
1:05:36 > 1:05:38Here comes the Captain.
1:05:44 > 1:05:47Well done, lads. First-class job.
1:05:47 > 1:05:54Lashly, Crean. It's only fair to tell you, you're not coming with us tomorrow.
1:05:54 > 1:05:59I'm very sorry indeed. You were splendid. I won't forget it.
1:05:59 > 1:06:01- Thank you, sir. - Thank you, sir.
1:06:01 > 1:06:03And me, sir?
1:06:03 > 1:06:05You'll be coming on.
1:06:05 > 1:06:08Thank you, sir.
1:06:08 > 1:06:11Good for you, Taff.
1:06:11 > 1:06:15You're a lucky devil, Taff. You always were.
1:06:15 > 1:06:17Teddy.
1:06:18 > 1:06:20Yes, sir?
1:06:22 > 1:06:25About tomorrow.
1:06:25 > 1:06:32I've given a lot of thought to the matter and I've decided that my four should go on.
1:06:33 > 1:06:36I see, sir.
1:06:36 > 1:06:38There's one other thing.
1:06:38 > 1:06:42I want to take Bowers, if you can spare him.
1:06:42 > 1:06:46- Five, sir? - Yes.
1:06:47 > 1:06:49Right.
1:06:51 > 1:06:53And Teddy...
1:06:54 > 1:06:57Sorry.
1:06:57 > 1:06:59Thank you, sir.
1:07:17 > 1:07:20I'm taking five.
1:07:20 > 1:07:25- Five?- You, me, Bowers, Oates, and Taff Evans as the strongest.
1:07:25 > 1:07:32A scientist, sailors and a soldier. What better companions could a man have?
1:07:32 > 1:07:37'Dear Kathleen, a last note from a hopeful position.
1:07:38 > 1:07:41'I think it's going to be all right.'
1:07:41 > 1:07:44- Goodbye, Lashly, best of luck. - Thank you.
1:07:44 > 1:07:49- Teddy, we couldn't have done this without you. - Thank you, sir. And good luck.
1:07:49 > 1:07:52See you sometime in March, eh?
1:07:54 > 1:07:56Ready? Heave!
1:07:58 > 1:08:03- Let's give 'em a cheer, lads! - ALL:- Hooray! Hooray!
1:08:57 > 1:09:01'Five men with one sledge - man-hauling.
1:09:03 > 1:09:07'This surface is horrible, crystals like sand.'
1:09:12 > 1:09:16'Bowers, on foot, has the hardest time of it, but
1:09:16 > 1:09:19'he's an undefeated little sportsman.'
1:09:24 > 1:09:29- Not ready yet, Titus? - No, not yet. - Latitude 88, 25, sir.
1:09:30 > 1:09:34- Farthest south, eh? - Good-oh!
1:09:34 > 1:09:36Beyond Shackleton at last.
1:09:36 > 1:09:38That's great, sir.
1:09:48 > 1:09:51Something the matter with your hand, Evans?
1:09:51 > 1:09:53Only a cut, sir. It's nothing.
1:09:53 > 1:09:57I heals easy. At least, I do at home.
1:10:01 > 1:10:06'Cooking for five takes much longer than cooking for four.
1:10:06 > 1:10:09'It's an item I'd not considered when reorganising.'
1:10:27 > 1:10:30'Can we keep up these marches?
1:10:30 > 1:10:35'It's a critical time, but we ought to do the trick.'
1:10:35 > 1:10:38WIND HOWLS
1:10:38 > 1:10:43- How far now, sir? - About 27 miles. Two good marches.
1:10:53 > 1:10:58- I'm sorry, but my sleeping bag is not on the sledge.- Halt.
1:11:06 > 1:11:11It can't have fallen further back than our last halt. May I go, sir?
1:11:13 > 1:11:15I'm coming with you.
1:11:26 > 1:11:31- I can't trust meself to speak, sir. - Well, don't then, Taff.
1:11:32 > 1:11:37'We only had to go back a couple of miles, but it cost us two whole hours.'
1:11:53 > 1:11:57Can't be more than five miles now, sir.
1:12:06 > 1:12:08Sir!
1:12:10 > 1:12:12There.
1:12:45 > 1:12:47Amundsen.
1:13:29 > 1:13:31Look.
1:13:49 > 1:13:52Well, I suppose it was meant to be.
1:13:52 > 1:13:55They've left their names, five of them.
1:13:55 > 1:14:03And there's a letter for the King of Norway, asking Captain Scott to kindly deliver it.
1:14:03 > 1:14:05He's forgotten to stamp it.
1:14:09 > 1:14:13Birdy, better check the position.
1:14:16 > 1:14:22'The pole, but under very different circumstances from those expected.
1:14:22 > 1:14:28'It's a bitter disappointment and I'm very sorry for my loyal companions.'
1:14:38 > 1:14:39Smile, please.
1:14:44 > 1:14:49'The wind is blowing hard and there's that curious damp feeling in
1:14:49 > 1:14:53'the air which chills one to the bone.
1:14:53 > 1:14:57'Great God, this is an awful place.'
1:15:06 > 1:15:10'January 18th, all the daydreams must go.
1:15:10 > 1:15:14'Now for the run home and a desperate struggle.
1:15:14 > 1:15:16'I wonder if we can do it.'
1:15:16 > 1:15:21- Teddy asked me to give you this at the pole. - Well done, that man.
1:15:24 > 1:15:27Sorry you chaps don't like chocolate.
1:15:31 > 1:15:33- Soldier? - Thanks.
1:15:33 > 1:15:35- Bill? - Thank you.
1:15:37 > 1:15:40- Birdy? - Thank you, sir.
1:15:42 > 1:15:45- Evans? - Thank you, sir.
1:15:45 > 1:15:50- That hand still bothering you? - Hardly at all now, sir.
1:15:50 > 1:15:54Well, lads, only 900 miles to go.
1:16:01 > 1:16:05Ready? Heave.
1:16:42 > 1:16:45Ready? Heave.
1:16:51 > 1:16:53This is better, eh?
1:16:53 > 1:16:58Birdy, your skis must be around here. Keep an eye open for them.
1:16:58 > 1:17:00Aye, aye, sir.
1:17:19 > 1:17:21'The wind is playing strange tricks.
1:17:21 > 1:17:25'Instead of blowing steadily northwards...
1:17:25 > 1:17:30'it keeps dropping and leaving us the full weight of the sledge.'
1:17:30 > 1:17:32Land ho!
1:17:46 > 1:17:49'I don't like the easy way Oates and Evans get frostbitten.'
1:17:54 > 1:17:59Sir, you know where Teddy turned back?
1:17:59 > 1:18:03- What about it? - According to this note, we've done the same distance half a day better.
1:18:03 > 1:18:05Hear that, Soldier?
1:18:05 > 1:18:08- We're half a day better than Teddy. - Good-oh.
1:18:08 > 1:18:13- A day's march nearer home, Birdy. - A day's march nearer steaks.
1:18:14 > 1:18:18Large, thick, juicy, sizzly ones.
1:18:18 > 1:18:20Oh, don't.
1:18:20 > 1:18:23With mushrooms. And beer.
1:18:23 > 1:18:25And beer?
1:18:25 > 1:18:28Beer, of course. Gallons of it.
1:18:28 > 1:18:31I had a nightmare the other night.
1:18:31 > 1:18:35I dreamt that Simpson's had been burnt down.
1:18:35 > 1:18:37Hello, Bill, what've you got this time?
1:18:41 > 1:18:43Quite an interesting day.
1:18:43 > 1:18:46This hooch smells good. Yours, Con?
1:18:46 > 1:18:49Birdy reckons we've done half a day's better time than Teddy.
1:18:49 > 1:18:50Good. Good.
1:18:51 > 1:18:55- What are these, Bill? - Sea plants and tree fossils.
1:18:55 > 1:18:59Good heavens. This must have been quite a warm spot once.
1:18:59 > 1:19:02And look at this.
1:19:02 > 1:19:04Coal, by Jove.
1:19:04 > 1:19:10NORTHERN ACCENT: "What's the prospect of trade between this city and the Antarctic?"
1:19:12 > 1:19:15- Coal, Evans, catch. - Oooh!
1:19:15 > 1:19:17What's the matter, man?
1:19:17 > 1:19:20Nothing, sir. Quite all right.
1:19:20 > 1:19:23Only a bit awkward, that's all.
1:19:50 > 1:19:53'I am glad to have done with the plateau.
1:19:53 > 1:19:58'Another week of those conditions might have had a bad effect on Evans.'
1:20:39 > 1:20:42See your flag anywhere, Birdy?
1:20:42 > 1:20:44No sign of it, sir.
1:20:44 > 1:20:46We'll try a bit back and to the right.
1:20:56 > 1:20:59Evans, off with your harness.
1:20:59 > 1:21:02Take the after end of the sledge.
1:21:02 > 1:21:05- Understand? - Aye aye, sir.
1:21:13 > 1:21:16'Evans is a good deal run down.
1:21:16 > 1:21:23'Wilson, Bowers and I are as fit as is possible, but Oates feels the cold and fatigue more.'
1:21:38 > 1:21:40Look out! Steady!
1:22:12 > 1:22:16There it is, sir! There's the flag.
1:22:19 > 1:22:21Shadow.
1:22:49 > 1:22:53'Evans keeps saying that he's quite well.
1:22:53 > 1:22:56'How can a man be quite well with hands like that?'
1:23:17 > 1:23:19Halt!
1:23:21 > 1:23:23Can't be far now.
1:23:23 > 1:23:28- Birdy, try up that hill and see if you can see the cairn. - Right, sir.
1:23:34 > 1:23:40- What's wrong, Evans? - It's loose, sir, come loose. Have it right in a moment.
1:23:40 > 1:23:42Hold on, I'll do it.
1:23:42 > 1:23:45You get your harness off.
1:23:45 > 1:23:48Only me old hand, sir.
1:23:48 > 1:23:50Makes me a bit slow.
1:23:50 > 1:23:55Can't see the cairn, but I can see the barrier!
1:23:56 > 1:23:59How's that? Try and move your foot.
1:24:06 > 1:24:10- Sure you can manage? - I'll be fine, sir.
1:24:13 > 1:24:16That's a man, Taff. Take your time.
1:24:16 > 1:24:18We'll be camping soon.
1:24:25 > 1:24:27Ready? Heave.
1:25:23 > 1:25:25Halt.
1:25:51 > 1:25:53What is it, Taff?
1:25:55 > 1:25:57I'm all right, sir. Quite well.
1:26:03 > 1:26:05Taff?
1:26:20 > 1:26:28'It is a terrible thing to lose a companion in this way, after all the miles we've sledged together.'
1:26:42 > 1:26:46- Plateau done, glacier done. - 400 miles and then we're done.
1:26:48 > 1:26:51We've got to do more miles a day.
1:26:51 > 1:26:54We ought to find it warmer down here.
1:26:57 > 1:26:58Sir.
1:27:01 > 1:27:0460 degrees of frost. It can't last.
1:27:12 > 1:27:16'Only five miles again yesterday. This will never do.'
1:27:16 > 1:27:18Ready?
1:27:23 > 1:27:27There in the end. Always be there in the end.
1:27:34 > 1:27:36Right, Soldier?
1:27:36 > 1:27:39Ready, sir.
1:27:39 > 1:27:40Heave!
1:27:41 > 1:27:45'There's no doubt that we're not going strong...
1:27:45 > 1:27:49'and, I'm afraid, Soldier's foot is bad.'
1:28:05 > 1:28:11When I get home, never going to walk another step. Ride wherever I go.
1:28:11 > 1:28:13Even in London?
1:28:13 > 1:28:17London. Know the Empire Promenade, Birdy?
1:28:17 > 1:28:20Funny thing. I've never been.
1:28:20 > 1:28:22First night home, I'll be there.
1:28:22 > 1:28:28You must take me with you. You'll have to leave your horse outside.
1:28:29 > 1:28:34I ought to tell you that we haven't too much fuel in hand.
1:28:34 > 1:28:39If we're still short at Mount Hooper, we'll try going on cold meals.
1:28:39 > 1:28:41We may have no choice.
1:28:55 > 1:29:00Funny. I used to have what they call "a good leg for a boot."
1:29:00 > 1:29:02You wouldn't think it now, would you, Bill?
1:29:12 > 1:29:15Bill, what chance have I got?
1:29:17 > 1:29:19A good one, Titus.
1:29:22 > 1:29:27- How far is it to Mount Hooper now? - Eight and a half miles.
1:29:27 > 1:29:29We'll do it in no time, Soldier.
1:29:45 > 1:29:47Purely medicinal.
1:29:52 > 1:29:56'What shall we find at Mount Hooper depot?
1:29:56 > 1:29:59'If oil is short again...'
1:30:04 > 1:30:06There she is.
1:30:14 > 1:30:17See, old chap. Managed it all right.
1:30:18 > 1:30:23- Wasn't so bad. - Get the spades, Birdy.
1:30:50 > 1:30:52Here it is.
1:30:55 > 1:30:57It's not full.
1:30:59 > 1:31:03- Seal's not broken. - Odd things happen out here.
1:31:03 > 1:31:05- It must be evaporation. - Yes, but...
1:31:08 > 1:31:13Come on, chaps. No good arguing the whys and wherefores. Up tent.
1:31:13 > 1:31:16'Among ourselves, we are cheerful...
1:31:16 > 1:31:21'but what each feels in his heart, I can only guess.'
1:31:30 > 1:31:33Letting up a little, I think.
1:31:33 > 1:31:35WIND HOWLS
1:32:13 > 1:32:15I hope I don't wake tomorrow, Bill.
1:33:03 > 1:33:06I'm just going outside.
1:33:06 > 1:33:08I may be away some time.
1:33:59 > 1:34:03'A brave man and a gallant gentleman.'
1:34:13 > 1:34:19'This intense cold convinces me that the season has broken, far earlier than I expected.'
1:34:50 > 1:34:54We'll be all right at One Ton. It's full of stuff.
1:36:29 > 1:36:31WIND HOWLS
1:36:39 > 1:36:44Thought for a moment it might be old Titus. Stupid of me. Sorry.
1:37:01 > 1:37:03Only 11 miles now, Bill.
1:37:03 > 1:37:07Two good marches. One if the snow holds off.
1:37:41 > 1:37:48'Captain Scott is now lying in this tent with a frozen foot.'
1:37:49 > 1:37:54'I'm afraid he will never walk again.'
1:37:54 > 1:38:02'If the wind drops, Birdy and I will try and reach the next depot and return.'
1:38:03 > 1:38:09'We have come together 1,800 miles..
1:38:09 > 1:38:14and are now only 11 miles from stores in plenty.'
1:38:15 > 1:38:18'Only 11 miles.'
1:38:22 > 1:38:23WIND HOWLS
1:38:38 > 1:38:40WIND WHISTLES
1:38:45 > 1:38:4711 miles.
1:39:03 > 1:39:0511 miles.
1:39:07 > 1:39:10'Think of me when you make those footmarks.'
1:39:10 > 1:39:12'Every step of the way.'
1:39:31 > 1:39:36'My own dearest mother, I should so like to have come through...
1:39:36 > 1:39:39'for your dear sake.'
1:39:39 > 1:39:44'It is splendid to pass, however, with such companions as I have.'
1:39:46 > 1:39:51'As all five of us have mothers and wives, you will not be alone.'
1:39:53 > 1:39:58'There will be no shame and you will know I have struggled to the end.'
1:39:59 > 1:40:04'Your ever-loving son, to the end of this life and the next...
1:40:05 > 1:40:09'..when God shall wipe away all tears.'
1:40:20 > 1:40:26'God knows I'm sorry to be the cause of sorrow to anyone in the world.
1:40:26 > 1:40:28'But everyone must die.'
1:40:29 > 1:40:34'All the things I had hoped to do with you after the expedition...
1:40:34 > 1:40:37'are as nothing now.'
1:40:37 > 1:40:44'My only regret is leaving you to struggle though your life alone.
1:40:44 > 1:40:48'All is for the best to those who love God.
1:40:48 > 1:40:54'And, oh, my Orrie, we have both loved him with all our lives.
1:40:54 > 1:40:56'All is well.'
1:41:30 > 1:41:34'For my own sake, I do not regret this journey.
1:41:37 > 1:41:41'We took risks. We knew we took them.
1:41:41 > 1:41:47'Things have come out against us and, therefore, we have no cause for complaint.
1:41:49 > 1:41:56'Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell, of the hardihood, endurance...
1:41:56 > 1:42:03'and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman.
1:42:04 > 1:42:10'Seems a pity, but I don't think I can write more.'
1:42:12 > 1:42:18'These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.
1:42:22 > 1:42:26'For God's sake, look after our people.'
1:42:27 > 1:42:29WIND HOWLS
1:42:45 > 1:42:46SHOUTING
1:42:55 > 1:42:57Halt!