What happened to Robert Falcon Scott and his team after they reached the South Pole?

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After reaching the South Pole on January 17, 1912, Robert Falcon Scott and his four companions discovered that Roald Amundsen had arrived approximately one month earlier. The return journey was marked by exceptionally poor weather, exhaustion, and dwindling supplies.1

Edgar Evans died at Beardmore Glacier on February 17. Suffering from severe frostbite and hoping to save his companions, L.E.G. Oates walked into a blizzard on March 17. The three remaining survivors—Scott, E.A. Wilson, and H.R. Bowers—managed to travel only 10 miles further before a nine-day blizzard forced them to remain in their tent. They ultimately perished just 11 miles from a supply depot. Their bodies, along with Scott’s diaries and geological specimens, were discovered by a search party on November 12, 1912.1