<P> On the morning of the 17th of March ( or possibly the 16th -- Scott was unsure ) Oates walked out of the tent into a − 40 ° F ( − 40 ° C ) blizzard to his death . Scott wrote in his diary : `` We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death , but though we tried to dissuade him , we knew it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman . '' According to Scott 's diary , as Oates left the tent he said , `` I am just going outside and may be some time '' , though Edward Adrian Wilson , who was also present , made no reference to this in his own diary or the letters to Oates ' mother . </P>
<P> On the morning of the 17th of March ( or possibly the 16th -- Scott was unsure ) Oates walked out of the tent into a − 40 ° F ( − 40 ° C ) blizzard to his death . Scott wrote in his diary : `` We knew that poor Oates was walking to his death , but though we tried to dissuade him , we knew it was the act of a brave man and an English gentleman . '' According to Scott 's diary , as Oates left the tent he said , `` I am just going outside and may be some time '' , though Edward Adrian Wilson , who was also present , made no reference to this in his own diary or the letters to Oates ' mother . </P>
who said i am going outside and may be some time
who said i am going outside and may be some time
Oates
Oates