As Captain Scott lay freezing and starving to death on his return journey from the South Pole, he thought of the 3 women who would now be widows: Kathleen, his wife; Oriana, the wife of the expedition's chief scientist, Ted Wilson; and Lois, the wife of Petty Officer Edgar Evans. When the news came that the men were dead, they became heroes. Their widows were thrust into the limelight, forced to grieve in public view, keeping a stiff upper lip while the world praised their husbands' sacrifice. Each experienced their loss differently, their treatment by the press and the public influenced by their class and contemporary notions of both manliness and womanly behaviour. This is not the story of famous women but of forgotten wives, whose love and support helped to shape one of the most iconic moments in British history.