BY COMMANDERS E. R. G. R. EVANS AND 

 H. L. L. 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 i8th and I9th 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 



Feb. 18 and j ce se tting round the ship, prevented all communica- 



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Cape Adare. tlon with the shore between i and 2 P.M. on the i8th; 

 and at 4 P.M. on the I9th 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 w r ork on shore were re-embarked. 



