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Monday 30th January 1911, Snow Shoes For The Ponies

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Cherry

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Two days later we moved our camp 1 mile 1200 yards farther on to the Barrier and here was erected the main depôt, known as Safety Camp. ‘Safety’ because it was supposed that even if a phenomenal break-up of sea-ice … Continue reading →

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Saturday 28th January 1911, Treasure Found During Depot Laying!

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Cherry

We sledged our first loads a short half-mile on to the Barrier and left it at a place afterwards known as the Fodder Depôt. By that day we had done nearly ninety miles of relay work, first from the ship … Continue reading →

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Thursday 26th January 1911, Terra Nova Leaves For New Zealand

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Cherry

Sledged back to the ship for our last load, and said good-bye on the sea-ice to those men with whom we had already worked so long, to Campbell and his five companions who were to suffer so much, to cheery Pennell … Continue reading →

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Tuesday January 24th 1911, Incident On The Ice

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Cherry

January to March 1911 Scott Meares Crean Wilson Atkinson Forde Lieut. Evans Cherry-Garrard Dimitri Bowers Gran Oates Keohane Imaginative friends of the thirteen men who started from Cape Evans on January 24, 1911, may have thought of them as athletes, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday January 18th 1911, The Hut And Environs Comes Together

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Cherry

We started to live in the hut on January 18, beautifully warm, the gramophone going, and everybody happy. But for a long time before this most of the landing party had been living in tents on shore. It was very … Continue reading →

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Saturday 14th January 1911, The Hut Is Complete!

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Cherry

The hut has risen very quickly, and Davies, who was Chippy Chap, the carpenter, deserves much credit. He was a leading shipwright in the navy, always willing and bright, and with a very thorough knowledge of his job. I have seen … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 10th January 1911, Two Incidents During Unloading

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Cherry

There were two adventures during this first week of landing stores which might well have had a more disastrous conclusion. The first of these was the adventure of Ponting and the Killer whales. This first incident is described by Scott … Continue reading →

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Monday 9th January 1911, Unloading Completed in Six Days, The Ponies

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Cherry

Getting to bed about midnight and turning out at 5 a.m. we kept it up day after day. Petrol, paraffin, pony food, dog food, sledges and sledging gear, hut furniture, provisions of all kinds both for life at the hut … Continue reading →

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Wednesday 4th January 1911, Landing At Cape Evans, The Unloading Begins

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Cherry

We pushed through some heavy floes and at 6 a.m. we came through the last of the Strait pack some three miles north of Cape Royds. After piercing a small fringe of thin ice at the edge of the fast floe the … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 3rd January 1911, Mount Erebus In Sight!

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Cherry

At 8.30 on Monday night, January 2, we sighted Erebus, 115 miles away. The next morning most of us were on the yards furling sail. We were heading for Cape Crozier, the northern face of Ross Island was open to … Continue reading →

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