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Travel Bug Dog Tag Captain Oates

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Released:
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Origin:
Southern England, United Kingdom
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LOTS OF PHOTOS PLEASE

I would love to travel as far North and South as possible, alternatively lots of pictures of me in SNOW!

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Captain Oates

I would love to travel as far NORTH and SOUTH as possible, alternatively lots of pictures of me in SNOW!

I am named after Captain Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus" Oates (17 March 1880 – 17 March 1912) an English army officer, and later an Antarctic explorer, who died along with Robert Falcon Scott during the Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole.

Oates, afflicted with gangrene and frostbite, walked from his tent into a blizzard. His death is seen as an act of self-sacrifice when, aware that his ill health was compromising his three companions' chances of survival, he chose certain death.

According to Scott's diary, before Oates exited the tent and walked to his death, he uttered the words "I am just going outside and may be some time."

The attched keyring was purchased from the Polar Museum in Cambridge - Well worth a visit and full of Scott's expedition artefacts. The keyring shows the expedition's ship "Terra Nova", photographed in December 1910 by Herbert Ponting.

 

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Retrieve It from a Cache 2/20/2018 lisboa_bruno retrieved it from London Event @ GPS London, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Retrieved at GoldPotS event 'London Event @ GPS'

Discovered It 2/20/2018 Pesh discovered it London, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Discovered at Goldpot’s London Event.

Dropped Off 2/20/2018 Wandafree placed it in London Event @ GPS London, United Kingdom - 268.91 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/19/2018 Wandafree retrieved it from Runaway Southern Scotland, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Off on an adventure ....

Discovered It 2/19/2018 Wandafree discovered it Southern Scotland, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Discovered at a local event. Thank you for sharing.

Discovered It 2/19/2018 Wandafree discovered it Southern Scotland, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Discovered at a local event.

Discovered It 2/18/2018 MBFace discovered it Southern Scotland, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Discovered at the Runaway event in Gretna Green. Thanks for sharing.

Discovered It 2/18/2018 henrybuckets discovered it Southern Scotland, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Discovered TB at Runaway Meeting

Dropped Off 2/18/2018 jigglybones placed it in Runaway Southern Scotland, United Kingdom - 31.55 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/17/2018 jigglybones retrieved it from Dambusters North West England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Collected this in the dark and snow alongside Thirlmere. It's mow in SW Scotland and I'll move it on soon.

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