HISTORY OF THE STATIONS. 



In September 1911 Evans took a party to Corner Camp on the Barrier. The journey 

 was short but it gave important information about the early spring conditions on the Barrier. 



In the same month Captain Scott made a sledge journey across McMurdo Sound to the 

 Western Mountains. The most important result from a meteorological point of view was a 

 series of observations the writer was able to make on fog bows and iridescent clouds, which 

 led to the explanation of these phenomena published in the Quar. Journal Roy. Met. Soo., Vol. 38, 

 page 291, 1912. 



The various parties which traversed the Barrier during the summer of 1911-12, in 

 connection with the journey to the Pole, kept meteorological journals which have been of the 

 greatest use in the investigation of the meteorology of the Barrier. The journal of the 

 Polar Party was kept by Bowers, and during the last few weeks afiords remarkable evidence 

 of his devotion to the .scientific work of the expedition. The records of three observations 

 a day are practically complete until March 4 ; they then became irregular, but one 

 set of observations was made each day until March 11 when they ceased. The final camp 

 was made on March 21 so that observations were carried on to within ten days of the 

 setting in of the blizzard which proved fatal. 



It is convenient to tabulate here the chief meteorological journals kept by the various 

 parties on the Barrier. 



Table 1. i 



Name of Party. 



Ob.server. 



Olio Toil Dapot Partj' 



Bowers 



Dates, 



January 26. 1911 

 March "lO, 1911 



Position. 



Hut Point to One Ton Depot 

 and back. 



Corner Camp Party 



Evans 



September 9, 191 1 

 September 15, 1911 



Hut Point to Corner Camp and 

 back. 



Main Polar Party . 



Bowers 



November 3, 1911 

 March 12, 1912 



Cape Evans to Pole and back to 

 80° S. 



Motor Party oui . 



Evans . 



October 27, 1911 

 November 21, 1911 



Motor Party retvirn 



Day . 



November 25, 1911 

 December 20, 1911 



Hut Point to 80- 32' S., 1G9° 

 23' E. 



81° 10' S., 169° 30' E. to Hut 

 Point. 



Dog Party 



1st Retu'n Party 



Meares 



Wright 



November 5, 1911 

 January 4, 1912 



Hut Point to Mount Hope and 

 back. 



December 22, 1911 

 January 26, 1912 



Upper Glacier Depot to Hut 

 Point. 



2nd Return Party . 



Evans . 



' I 



Depot Party . 



Day 



January 4, 1912 

 February 9, 1912 



Plateau 87° 19' S , 160° 40' E. to 

 Barrier 79" 33' S , 169° 22' E. 



December 26. 1911 

 January 21, 1012 



Hut Point to One Ton Camp and 

 back. 



1st Relief Party 



Cherry-Garrard 



February 26, 1912 

 Maich 16, 1912 . 



Hut Point to One Ton Camp 

 and back. 



2nd Relief Parov 



Atkinson 



March 27, 1912 

 April 1, 1912 



Hut Point to seven miles beyond 

 Corner Camp and back. 



