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The world was informed of the tragedy when Terra Nova reached Oamaru, New Zealand, on 10 February 1913.
Within days, Scott became a national icon.
A fierce nationalistic spirit was aroused ; the London Evening News called for the story to be read to schoolchildren throughout the land, to coincide with the memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral on 14 February.
Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts Association, asked: " Are Britons going downhill?
No!
...
There is plenty of pluck and spirit left in the British after all.
Captain Scott and Captain Oates have shown us that ".
Eleven-year-old Mary Steel wrote a poem which ended:
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