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Friday December 30th 1910, Release After Twenty Days In The Pack

Posted on December 31, 2010 by admin

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Obs. 72° 17′ S. 177° 9′ E. Made good in 48 hours, S. 19 W. 190′; C. Crozier S. 21 W. 334′. We are out of the pack at length and at last; one breathes again and hopes that it … Continue reading →

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Thursday 29th December 1910, No Sights But Sign Of Open Water Ahead?

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Scott

No sights. At last the change for which I have been so eagerly looking has arrived and we are steaming amongst floes of small area evidently broken by swell, and with edges abraded by contact. The transition was almost sudden. … Continue reading →

Wednesday 28th December 1910, Teeming Life In The Pack

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Scott

Obs. Noon, 69° 17′ S., 179° 42′ W. Made good since 26th S. 74 W. 31′; C. Crozier S. 22 W. 530′. The gale has abated. The sky began to clear in the middle watch; now we have bright, cheerful, … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 27th December 1910, The Pack Ice Continues To Confound

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Scott

Dead reckoning 69° 12′ S., 178° 18′ W. We made nearly 2 miles in the first watch—half push, half drift. Then the ship was again held up. In the middle the ice was close around, even pressing on us, and … Continue reading →

Monday 26th December 1910, A Very, Very Trying Time

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Scott

Obs. 69° 9′ S., 178° 13′ W. Made good 48 hours, S. 35 E. 10′.—The position to-night is very cheerless. All hope that this easterly wind will open the pack seems to have vanished. We are surrounded with compacted floes … Continue reading →

Sunday 25th December 1910, The Mess is Gaily Decorated With our Various Banners

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Scott

Christmas Day.—Dead reckoning 69° 5′ S., 178° 30′ E. The night before last I had bright hopes that this Christmas Day would see us in open water. The scene is altogether too Christmassy. Ice surrounds us, low nimbus clouds intermittently … Continue reading →

Saturday 24th December 1910, Alas! Alas! In Thick Pack Again!

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Scott

Christmas Eve.—69° 1′ S., 178° 29′ W. S. 22 E. 29′; C. Crozier 551′. Alas! alas! at 7 A.M. this morning we were brought up with a solid sheet of pack extending in all directions, save that from which we … Continue reading →

Friday 23rd December 1910, Amidst a Pervasive Spirit of Tolerance and Good Humour

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Scott

The wind fell light at about ten last night and the ship swung round. Sail was set on the fore, and she pushed a few hundred yards to the north, but soon became jammed again. This brought us dead to … Continue reading →

Thursday 22nd December 1910, Fast In The Pack But A Crumb Of Comfort

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Scott

Noon 68° 26′ 2” S., 197° 8′ 5” W. Sit. N. 5 E. 8.5′.—No change. The wind still steady from the S.W., with a clear sky and even barometer. It looks as though it might last any time. This is … Continue reading →

Wednesday 21st December 1910, Trying Delays in the Pack