Lawrence Oates
Books
- Eleven Miles from One Ton Scott, Amundsen, and the Fatal Margin on the Antarctic Barrier · Liszt Think
On January 17, 1912, Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole only to find Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian flag already planted.
- Terra Nova Leaves Cardiff…rs. They were not trained sledging ponies. Their hooves would require special protection. Their digestion would require careful management. Lawrence Oates, the expedition’s cavalry officer, had examined them at Cardiff. He pronounced them “a wretched lot.” He added that they might serve if pro…
- The Ice Dock at Cape Evans…land, tested on grass, and now they met a surface that broke and refroze in ridges hard as stone. The animals stumbled. Their legs splayed. Lawrence Oates, the cavalry officer who had joined specifically to manage the transport animals, moved among them with the professional reserve that was a…
- The Machinery of Hope…ted, too, the performance of the dogs, which Cecil Meares had brought across the ice from Hut Point, and the condition of the ponies, which Lawrence Oates was assessing with a professional eye that found little to praise. The three transport systems were not alternatives. They were components…