letter o 



f instruction to Griffith Taylor. Beq. 



"Terra Nova" 



Tina i_ in i 



Lear Taylor, 



I p.^prpose to disembark a sledge party of which you 



will have charge oh the sea ice 6f Ko 2urdo Sound as near the 



Ferrar Glacier as poasibleM 



Your companions will be Messrs i i wvtiiag , Debenham, 



Wright and Petty Officer Evans. 



You will have two sledges with food and equipment 



for 8 weeks. 



The object of your journey will be the geological 



exploration of the region between the Dry Valley and the 



iCoettlits Glacier. 



Your movements must depend to 3ome extent on the 



breaking of the sea ice. Your best and safest plan appears to 



your 

 be to carry all, provision up the Ferrar Glacier to a point in 



the medial moraine abreast of Descent Pass and to make a depot 



at that point. With a fortnight's food you could then continue 



the ascent to the junction cf the Dry Valley Glacier and 



descend the valley of that Glacier. On returning to your Depot 



you will be in a position to observe the extent cf the open 



water and you can either descend the gIScicr and pass to the 



East around £je6 Point or climb Descent Pass descending by the 



Blue Glacier or by one of the more Southerly foothill glaciers 



and thus continue the examination of the Eoettlitz Glacier 



area. 



On completion of your work you should cross to Hut 



Point being careful not > ' camp near the open wa'ter. Supplies 



cf fjrovision will be f -Hut Point %-h- «^ r^ j-r, -im . as* ri 



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