3 i2 WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD 



as I can see. Just before arriving at the Barrier my car 

 began to develop some strange knocking in the engine, but 

 with the help of the party with us I managed to get on the 

 Barrier, the other car got up the slope in fine style and 

 waited for me to come up ; as my engine is giving trouble 

 we decided to camp, have lunch and see what is the matter. 

 On opening the crank chamber we found the crank brasses 

 broke into little pieces, so there is nothing left to do but 

 replace them with the spare ones; of course this meant a 

 cold job for Mr. Day and myself, as handling metal on the 

 Barrier is not a thing one looks forward to with pleasure. 

 Anyhow we set about it after Lieutenant Evans and 

 Hooper had rigged up a screen to shelter us a bit, and by 

 10 p.m. we were finished and ready to proceed, but owing 

 to a very low temperature we found it difficult to get the 

 engines to go, so we decided to camp for the night. 



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" Turned out and had another go at starting which took 

 some little time owing again to the low temperature. We 

 got away but again the trouble is always staring us in the 

 face, overheating, and the surface is so bad and the pull so 

 heavy and constant that it looks we are in for a rough time. 

 We are continually waiting for one another to come up, 

 and every time we stop something has to be done, my fan 

 got jammed and delayed us some time, but have got it 

 right again. Mr. Evans had to go back for his spare gear 

 owing to some one [not] bringing it out in mistake; he 

 had a good tramp as we were about 1 5 miles out from Hut 

 Point. 



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"Again we got away, but did not get far before the 

 other car began to give trouble. I went back to see what 

 was the matter, it seems the petrol is dirty due perhaps to 

 putting in a new drum, anyhow got her up and camped for 

 lunch. After lunch made a move, and all seemed to be 

 going well when Mr. Day's car gave out at the crank 

 brasses the same as mine, so we shall have to see what is 

 the next best thing to do. 



