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Friday 30th December 1910, Cracking On All Our Canvas

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Evans

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Sure enough we got out of the pack early on the 30th and, cracking on all our canvas, were soon doing eight knots with a following wind. Later in the day the wind headed us with driving snow, fine rain, … Continue reading →

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Thursday 29th December 1910, A Bet Of Ten Sardine Sandwiches!

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Evans

Around the Christmas days we made but insignificant headway, only achieving thirty-one miles in the best part of the week, but on the 29th the floes became thin and the ice showed signs of recent formation, though intermingled with heavier … Continue reading →

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Sunday December 25th 1910, Christmas Day And A Mortal Gorge

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Evans

On the 22nd Bowers, Wright, Griffith Taylor and myself had chased a lot of young penguins on the ice and secured nine for our Christmas dinner. We spent a very pleasant Christmas this year, devoting great attention to food. We … Continue reading →

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Monday December 19th 1910, Beautifully Clear Water

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Evans

Passed close to a large iceberg which had a shelving beach like an island. We began to make better progress to the south-westward and worked into a series of open leads. We came across our first emperor penguin, a young … Continue reading →

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Sunday December 18th 1910, Steaming Through Tremendous Leads Of Open Water

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Evans

Steaming through tremendous leads of open water. A very funny occurrence was witnessed in the evening when the wash of the ship turned a floe over under water and on its floating back a fish was left stranded. It was … Continue reading →

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Saturday 17th December 1910, Overcast Days In The Pack

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Evans

For the last few days there was not much doing nor did we experience such pleasant weather. Constant visits were made to the crow’s-nest in search of a way through. Yesterday and today were two very gray days with fresh … Continue reading →

Tuesday December 13th 1910, To Wait Till The Clouds Roll By

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Evans

We got some heavy bumps and, as this hammering was not doing the ship much good, since I was unable to make southing then at a greater rate than one mile an hour, we let fires right out and prepared, … Continue reading →

Monday December 12th 1910, Some Slight Loosening Of The Pack

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Evans

Some slight loosening of the pack and we tried sailing through it and managed half a degree southward in the past forty-eight hours. We got along a few miles here and there, but when ice conditions continued favourably for making … Continue reading →

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Sunday December 11th 1910, Divine Service On The Deck

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Evans

Witnessed the extraordinary sight of our company standing bareheaded on deck whilst Captain Scott performed Divine Service. Two hymns were sung, which broke strangely the great white silence. The weather was against us this day in that we had snow, … Continue reading →

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Saturday 10th December 1910, Crossed The Antarctic Circle

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Evans

Stopped the ship and secured her to a heavy floe from which we took in sufficient ice to make eight tons of fresh water, and whilst doing this Rennick sounded and obtained bottom in 1964 fathoms, fora-minifera and decomposed skeleton … Continue reading →

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