Haunting polar diary reveals how explorer found Captain Scott dead as journal sells for

Captain Robert Scott (pictured, circled, on the right) was discovered 'yellow and transparent' by Tryggve Gran (inset, left, and circled on the left) in the Antarctic in 1912 and his journal details the grim discovery. Gran, who had been enlisted as the team's ski instructor, documented the 'horrible, ugly fate', after he found the intrepid Scott – nicknamed The Owner – and two fellow explorers dead. 'I will never forget it so long I live – a horrible nightmare could not have shown more horror than this,' he wrote in the diary (inset), which has sold for £150,000.

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