9i3l THE MEMORIAL CROSS 273 



IN 



MEMORIAM 



CAPT. R. F. SCOTT, R.N. 



DR. E. A. WILSON, CAPT. L. E. G. GATES, INS. DRGS., LT. H. R. BOWERS, R. I. M. 

 PETTY OFFICER E. EVANS, R.N. 



WHO DIED ON THEIR 



RETURN FROM THE 



POLE. MARCH 



1912 

 TO STRIVE, TO SEEK, 



TO FIND, 



AND NOT TO 



YIELD 



The line chosen from Tennyson's ' Ulysses ' was suggested 

 by Cherry-Garrard. Atkinson's sledge team consisted of those 

 who had taken part in the search for Captain Scott. 



They took two days to convey the heavy wooden cross to 

 the top of Observation Hill and erect it. It was well secured, 

 and will remain in position for an indefinite time, as there is no 

 dampness likely to cause rot in this high latitude. 



During Atkinson's absence the ship's officers were employed 

 surveying and carrying out magnetic work; the engineers took 

 this opportunity of letting fires out and cleaning the boiler. At- 

 kinson returned on the night of January 21, having put Hut 

 Point in order and closed the old Discovery hut, which, like our 

 own winter quarters, we have left well stocked with provisions 

 and what equipment we could spare. 



During the night of the igth a large iceberg swept into 

 McMurdo Sound and was carried by the current directly for us. 

 Having no steam we had to set sail and stand away to the north- 

 ward from the sea ice to which we were made fast. We had 

 some excitement, as the wind was very light; the sails were just 

 full enough to give us steerage way, and the great tabular ice- 

 berg drifted close across our stern. 



The ship now proceeded towards Granite Harbour. Steam 

 was ready by 5 A.M. on the morning of the 22nd, and encounter- 

 ing detached belts of ice we furled sail and worked close to the 

 coast of Victoria Land. 



At 2 P.M. the Terra Nova rounded Cape Roberts and secured 

 to the fast ice off Granite Harbour. 



Gran in charge of a party of six men went in to bring off a 

 geological depot left by Taylor and Debenham. It was a hard 

 journey, 17 miles there and back. A big open lead had to be 



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