SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 



Evans was 50 F., but that was by no means the lowest met 

 with by members of the Expedition. In July 1911 Wilson, 

 Bowers, and Cherry-Garrard made a sledge journey on to the 

 Barrier, and they experienced temperatures many degrees below 

 those recorded at the same time at Cape Evans. The lowest tem- 

 perature they encountered was 77 F., which is the record low 



TABLE I. 



temperature for the Antarctic and has only been surpassed in 

 the Arctic at Werchojansk in Siberia the coldest spot on the 

 earth. That the Barrier is much colder than McMurdo Sound 

 was made clear during the Discovery Expedition, but the temper- 

 ature observations made by the Norwegian Expedition at Fram- 

 heim have shown how great the difference really is. Framheim 

 was only sixty miles nearer the Pole than Cape Evans, yet the 

 mean temperature measured there was - 13-4 F., that is 13 F. 

 lower than the temperature experienced simultaneously at Cape 

 Evans. The cause of the great difference of temperatures be- 

 tween the Barrier and McMurdo Sound is at present unknown, 

 but it is hoped that the correct solution will be found when all 

 the data have been discussed. 



BLIZZARDS 



It is a matter of experience, even in England, that great cold 

 without wind is much easier to bear than a much higher temper- 



