who siad

[timshadie]

who said im going outside i may be so time

[MrsCheeks]

Scott of the Antarctic He sacrificed himself so that the rest of the expedition would have enough food to survive the rest of the way.

[pinus]

It was not Scott. Captain Lawrence Oates

[thewillow]

Yip, Oates.

[Moog]

It was Captain Oates and the rest of the expedition died as well

[splodger]

I've heard he actually said "call of nature Birdie" which I believe was one of the expeditions' nicknames.

[New Forester]

Yes, it was Oates. He sacrificed himself because he was very lame and had been holding them up. The rest of them died later, perhaps because they refused to leave Scott when he in turn became ill. I read that if they'd gone another couple of hundred yards a day, they'd have made it back...