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Limb en Patrick Cordingley - Captain Oates. Soldier and
explorer
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Captain Oates is a well-researched, beautifully
presented book with fine photographs of Oates's life (1880-1912)
and his time in Antarctica. Much of the original research
was done in the 1960s, when Oates's sister and some of his
friends and fellow-officers were still alive, albeit in
their eighties or nineties. The authors have produced a
fascinating character study of a quintessential British
hero. "The Soldier", as Oates was known, was not
perhaps ideal for teamwork being a solitary man whose uncompromising
views could irritate those easily offended. However, his
frequent bouts of sourness towards Scott and others were
mitigated by his common sense, practical abilities and above
all his inimitable strength of character. Like Scott, Oates
immortalised himself through the manner of his death. As
the authors put it: "Since death was coming too slowly
for him, he simply got up and went out to meet it."
(Sir Ranulph Fiennes)
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