NARRATIVE OF THE NORTHERN PARTY 



BETWEEN JANUARY 25, 1911, AND JANUARY 18, 1913 

 BY VICTOR L. A. CAMPBELL, R.N., Commander 



Wednesday, January 25, 1911. We said goodbye to Cap- 

 tain Scott and the Southern Depot Party, and at 9 the following 

 morning left Glacier Tongue for Butter Point, to land the West- 

 ern Geological Party. A light southerly wind had cleared the 

 loose ice out of the bay, and we had no difficulty in getting the 

 ship alongside the ice foot, so that by 6 the same evening we 

 had landed the party, laid out a depot, and left on our cruise 

 to the eastward, where I hoped to effect a landing, if not on 

 King Edward's Land itself, at least in some inlet near the eastern 

 end of the Barrier. 



I had received the following instructions from Captain 

 Scott, and they explain our subsequent movements: 



Winter Quarters, Cape Evans, 



23rd January, 1911. 



' Instructions to Leader of Eastern Party 



1 Directions as to the landing of your party are contained 

 in the instructions to the Commanding Officer of the Terra Nova 

 handed to you herewith. 



4 Whilst I hope that you may be able to land in King Ed- 

 ward's Land, I fully realise the possibility of the conditions being 

 unfavourable and the difficulty of the task which has been set 

 you. 



' I do not think you should attempt a landing unless the Ship 

 can remain in security near you for at least three days, unless 

 all your stores can be placed in a position of safety in a shorter 

 time. 



' The Ship will give you all possible help in erecting your 

 hut, &c., but I hope you will not find it necessary to keep her 

 by you for any length of time. 



