Antarctica: Authentic Accounts of Life and Exploration in the World's Highest, Driest, Windiest, Coldest and Most Remote ContinentAccounts from the journals of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, James Cook, Edmund Hillary, Ernest Shackleton and others. |
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Page 238
... Temp . -20 ° , Supper Temp . -20 ° . The day opened fine with a fair breeze ; we marched on the depôt , * picked it up , and lunched an hour later . In the afternoon the surface became fearfully bad , the wind dropped to light southerly ...
... Temp . -20 ° , Supper Temp . -20 ° . The day opened fine with a fair breeze ; we marched on the depôt , * picked it up , and lunched an hour later . In the afternoon the surface became fearfully bad , the wind dropped to light southerly ...
Page 249
... Temp . -10 ° ; Supper Temp . -4 ° . 13.5 miles . Again we are running short of provi- sion . We don't know our distance from the depôt , but imag- ine about 20 miles . Heavy march - did 1334 ( geo . ) . We are pulling for food and not ...
... Temp . -10 ° ; Supper Temp . -4 ° . 13.5 miles . Again we are running short of provi- sion . We don't know our distance from the depôt , but imag- ine about 20 miles . Heavy march - did 1334 ( geo . ) . We are pulling for food and not ...
Page 252
... Temp . -13 ° ; Supper Temp . -15 ° . Same terrible surface ; four hours ' hard plodding in morning brought us to our Desolation Camp , where we had the four - day blizzard . We looked for more pony meat , but found none . After lunch we ...
... Temp . -13 ° ; Supper Temp . -15 ° . Same terrible surface ; four hours ' hard plodding in morning brought us to our Desolation Camp , where we had the four - day blizzard . We looked for more pony meat , but found none . After lunch we ...
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afternoon Antarctic appeared barrier Bill birds blowing boat called camp Cape clear close cold continued course covered crevasses dangerous dark depôt direction discovered distance doubt drift east eight expedition falling feeling feet formed four gave getting going half hands hard head hope hundred icebergs Island journey keep land latitude less light longitude looked lunch miles morning nearly never night noon o'clock observations once pack passed penguins petrels pieces Pole possible probably pulling reached remained rocks round running sail Scott seemed seen ship short showed side sight sledge sleep snow soon sounded South started stood surface temperature tent thick thing thought tion took tracks turned weather West whole wind winter