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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 



[February 



Summary of Marches made on the Depot Journey 

 Distances in Geographical Miles. Variation 152 E. 



Safety 



Corner 



Bluff Camp 



5 to 6 



6 to 7 



7 to 8 



8 to 9 

 9 to 10 



10 to II 



1 1 to 1 2 



12 to 13 



13 to 14 

 i4to 15 



Return I7th-i8th 



15 to 12 N. 

 1 8th- 1 9th 12 to midway 



between 9 & 10 N. 

 I9th-20th Lunch 8 Camp N. 

 i9th-20th 7 Camp N. 



20th-2ISt 



III 



22 

 48 



77 



2ist-2 2nd Safety Camp 



N. 30 to 

 35 W. 93 



N. &W. 107 



610 



1994 



1825 

 1720 

 1820 



950 



1 125 



Wednesday, February 22. — Safety Camp. Got away at 10 

 again : surface fairly heavy : dogs going badly. 



The dogs are as thin as rakes; they are ravenous and very 

 tired. I feel this should not be, and that it is evident that they 

 are underfed. The ration must be increased next year and we 

 must have some properly thought out diet. The biscuit alone is 

 not good enough. Meares is excellent to a point, but ignorant 

 of the conditions here. One thing is certain, the dogs will never 

 continue to drag heavy loads with men sitting on the sledges; we 



