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Thursday 23rd March 1911, The Last Sledge Party Of The Season Return

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Cherry

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We returned from our trip Corner Camp to find everything at Hut Point, including the hut, covered with frozen spray. This was the result of a blizzard of which we only felt the tail end on the Barrier. Scott wrote: … Continue reading →

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Thursday 16th March 1911, The Last Sledge Party Of The Season

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Cherry

On March 16 the last sledge party to the Barrier that season started for Corner Camp with provisions to increase the existing depôt there. The party was in charge of Lieutenant Evans, and consisted of Bowers, Oates, Atkinson, Wright, and … Continue reading →

Monday 13th March 1911, Our Faces Are Entirely Black From Smuts

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Cherry

Bowers, Wilson, Atkinson and I were on Crater Hill one morning when we espied a sledge party approaching from the direction of Castle Rock. As we expected, this was the Geological party, consisting of Griffith Taylor, Wright, Debenham and Seaman … Continue reading →

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Sunday 12th March 1911, The Gruesome But Necessary Business Of Seal Killing

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Cherry

Defoe could have written another Robinson Crusoe with Hut Point instead of San Juan Fernandez. Our sledging supplies were mostly exhausted and we depended upon the seals we could kill for food, fuel and light. We were smutty as sweeps … Continue reading →

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Saturday 11th March 1911, Birdie Bowers Works At Disaster Camp

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Cherry

On March 8 Bowers led a party to bring in the gear and provisions which had been left at Disaster Camp, the material, that is, which had been rescued from the sea-ice. They were away three days and found the … Continue reading →

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Wednesday 8th March 1911, Considering The Journey From Hut Point To Cape Evans

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Cherry

Sketch Map of McMurdo Sound The reader may ask how it was that being so near our Winter Quarters at Cape Evans we were unable to reach them immediately. Cape Evans is fifteen miles across the same island—Hut Point being … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 7th March 1911, At First The Hut At Hut Point Was Comfortless Enough

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Cherry

When we first arrived the hut on Hut Point it was was comfortless enough. Wilson and Meares and Gran had been there some days; they had found some old bricks and a grid, and there was an open blubber fire … Continue reading →

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Monday 6th March 1911, A Seething Cauldron Is The Scene That Met Us!

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Cherry

A more detailed account of the behaviour of the hundreds of whales which infested the lanes of open water between the broken floes and calved bergs is of interest. Most of them at any rate were Killer whales (Orca gladiator), … Continue reading →

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Sunday 5th March 1911, Thomas Crean Tells Of His Escape From The Drifting Floes

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Cherry

As Birdie Bowers concludes his account of the last days’ events Thomas Crean told me afterwards how he got on to the Barrier. He first made for the Gap, following the best path of the ice, but then had to … Continue reading →

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Saturday 4th March 1911, A Conclusion To The Tragic Events On The Floes

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Cherry

Birdie Bowers’ account continues: “ The next morning Captain Scott, Bill, Cherry and I set out to walk to Castle Rock and meet the other party. It was fairly fizzing from the sea, but clear. Once up on the Heights, … Continue reading →

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