CHAPTER: i 
On February 23, when Demetri went to Cape Evans to try and 
obtain help, he had a letter from me to Lieutenant Pennell, com- 
manding the Terra Nova, conveying my request. After Cherry- 
Garrard and Demetri had left on the 26th, Lashly, Lieutenant 
Evans, Wright, and myself were left at Hut Point. 
On February 29, the sea ice having gone out to within a 
quarter of a mile of Hut Point, the ship arrived. Lieutenant 
Evans in his sleeping-bag was placed on a sledge and removed 
on board the ship. She returned to Cape Evans, landing Wright 
and Lashly there, together with some stores. She then proceeded 
north to Evans Coves to try and pick up Lieutenant Campbell 
and his party. Lieutenant Evans’ condition being still serious I 
had to accompany him. After several unsuccessful attempts to 
relieve Campbell, the ship returned to Cape Evans on March 4. 
Here, Keohane was picked up, and he and I were landed by 
the ship at Hut Point. Until the arrival of the dog teams on 
March 16 we occupied ourselves killing seals and laying in a 
store of meat and blubber before the return of the Southern 
Party. The ship, meanwhile, had proceeded north on a third 
attempt to relieve Campbell and his party. Owing to her small 
coal supply, she could not stay in the Sound later than March 8, 
and thus she was unable to notify us at the base of her success 
or failure in this undertaking. 
On March 16, Cherry-Garrard and Demetri came in and 
reported that they had seen no sign of the Polar Party; they 
also reported the early break of the season, exceedingly low tem- 
peratures and the bad weather on the Barrier. The condition of 
both men was such that it was impossible for them to do any 
further sledging that season. I told Cherry-Garrard that we 
should have to make another journey to try and get to the Polar 
Party; he readily agreed and said that he would be quite ready 
himself after a few days’ rest. The taking of Demetri owing to 
his health was out of the question. On the third day after his 
return Cherry-Garrard collapsed in the morning, suffering from 
