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fog. The year was closing in and the time of the travelling day 
was much decreased. Demetri thought that he saw the flag of 
Corner Camp to the west and steered for it. Luckily the foot 
hills cleared and they were able to avoid the ice pressure and 
crevasses of White Island, for which they had been steering. 
The total run for the day was about 11 miles. 
On March 14 they had a clear day and realised that they 
were a good deal out of their reckoning. Getting under way 
they thought they saw what was a cairn; making for it, they 
found it was a great open crevasse or chasm with pressure on 
the farther side miraged. ‘They then made out south-east and 
crossed several big crevasses. Soon: after this they saw the 
motor one mile to the east, and. Corner Camp 2 miles beyond 
that. They ran on past Corner Camp and eventually reached 
the Biscuit Depot 15 miles from Hut Point. On this day Demetri 
nearly fainted and declared that he was completely done. Their 
main anxiety now was whether the sea ice between the edge of 
the Barrier and Hut Point still remained in. 
On March 15 they were held up all day at the Biscuit Depot 
by a blizzard, Demetri’s condition causing Cherry-Garrard great 
alarm. 
On March 16, after a night of blizzard, they started at 8 A.M. 
They reached Hut Point late in the afternoon, meeting there 
Petty Officer Keohane and myself. Both.men were in exceedingly 
poor ccndition, Cherry-Garrard’s state causing me serious alarm. 
The dogs were frostbitten, and miserably thin, while in many 
cases their harnesses were iced up. and frozen to them. They 
Were quite unfit for any further work that season. 
Cherry-Garrard under the circumstances and according to 
his instructions was in my judgment quite right in everything 
that he did. I am absolutely certain no other officer of the Expe- 
dition could have done better. 
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