VOYAGES OF THE TERRA NOVA 
By COMMANDERS E. R. G. R. EVANS AND 
Ek LC PENNELL 
First VOYAGE 
To connect the thread of the story it is as well to run briefly 
over what occurred before Campbell landed at Cape Adare. 
On January 28, 1911, Captain Scott and the southern depot 
laying party having left, the ship proceeded for King Edward’s 
Land with Lieutenant Campbell and his party on board. Ice 
preventing her from getting beyond Cape Colbeck, Campbell 
ran into the Bay of Whales, intending to land there; but finding 
Captain Amundsen had selected this site and built his hut here, 
he proceeded to the opposite extreme of Ross Sea to try and 
land on the north coast of South Victoria Land as far to the west 
as the ship could get. No landing place, however, could be 
found on this coast at all except at Cape Adare, Robertson Bay, 
where there is a moraine on which Borchgrevink wintered in 
1898. There being no alternative he decided to build his hut 
here. 
During the 18th and rg9th the work of landing the stores 
for Campbell’s party was carried out as rapidly as possible, a 
dead flat calm lasting the whole time. Heavy pack 
“Sekai ice, setting round the ship, prevented all communica- 
Gigs Adare. tion with the shore between 1 and 2 P.M. on the 18th; 
and at 4 P.M. on the rgth the ship was again being 
pressed by the ice, only more heavily than on the previous day, 
so that it was necessary for her to steam to her anchor. 
At 8 p.M. the order was given to weigh and stand off, and 
the night was spent by the ship in doing magnetic work, as for- 
tunately the middle of Robertson Bay was clear of ice. 
At 3.30 A.M. the moraine was again approached, and the 
watch that had been landed to work on shore were re-embarked. 
