IN WINTER QUARTERS WITH CAPTAIN SCOTT 263 



had a diving-bell retreat and go down under the sea ice, out 

 of the blizzards at minus thirty. This was, of course, just 

 what the seals did ! 



He emptied the animals into the thermos flasks (which 

 were intended for our comfort), and so got them back to 

 the hut without their being 

 damaged by freezing. 



Then we returned to the 

 hut, facing the keen north 

 wind ; so that a characteristic 

 photograph of any explorer 

 under such conditions is shown 

 in the annexed sketch ! 



Debenham and 1 had 

 some arguments as to the 

 temperatures in the hut. I 

 felt cold in my bunk, whereas 

 he said he was always warm 

 in his. However, we got a thermometer and tested the tem- 

 perature at various levels. 



Near the stove it was 55 , but on the floor in our cubicle 

 it was 2>S°i only a degree or two above freezing. No wonder 





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Deb's 

 Bunk 



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52 



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 35' ""floor 



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our toes got cold. My bunk was 42 , the table was 45 , and 

 his bunk (six feet above the floor) was 52 . So that naturally 

 he was warmer in the belt of ascending air. However, the 



