(June 6, 1868–March 29, 1912), was an English explorer. He led an expedition to the Antarctic, and on January 18, 1912, reached the South Pole. Caught in a snowstorm on their return trip, both he and the four other men in his expedition died. He kept a journal up to the day of his death; his final entry on Thursday, March 29, 1912, stated:
For God’s sake look after our people.3166