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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 



[FlBRUARY 



Summary of Marches made on the Depot Journey 

 Distances in Geographical Miles. Variation 152 E. 



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 



