EPILOGUE 
The closing words of this book must be a heartfelt 
acknowledgment from all concerned with Scott's Last 
Expedition, to the Antarctic Committee which has laboured 
so long and so disinterestedly to further the interests of 
the Expedition, of those who took part in it, and of those 
who were left desolate by its supreme achievement. That 
acknowledgment is most gratefully tendered to Sir Archi- 
bald Geikie, President of the Royal Society; to Lord 
Strathcona, Lord Howard de Walden, Lord Goschen, Sir 
George Taubman Goldie, Major Leonard Darwin, and Mr. 
D. Radcliffe, who was invited to join at Commander 
Evans' request ; above all, to Sir Edgar Speyer, who 
so ably and generously undertook the heavy duties of 
Hon. Treasurer; to Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont, who 
gave unsparingly of his time and invaluable help; to 
Sir Clements Markham, the Father of Polar explora- 
tion, from whom Captain Scott assuredly drew much 
of his inspiration and encouragement; and to that 
close friend of Captain Scott, Mr. Reginald Smith, K.C. 
In New Zealand the interests of the Expedition were 
admirably represented by Mr. J. J. Kinsey, who became 
