l WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD 
had not been taken out at the end of February 1912. 
Evans’ illness caused a hurried reorganization of plans, 
and I was ordered to take out this food with one lad and 
two dog-teams. This was done, and the journey may be 
called the Dog Journey to One Ton Camp. 
We must now go back to the six men led by Campbell 
who were landed at Cape Adare in the beginning of Ig1t. 
They were much disappointed by the small amount of 
sledge work which they were able to do in the summer of 
1911-1912, for the sea-ice in front of them was blown out 
early in the year, and they were unable to find a way up 
through the mountains behind them on to the plateau. 
Therefore, when the Terra Nova appeared on January 4, it 
was decided that she should land them with six weeks’ 
sledging rations and some extra biscuits, pemmican and 
general food near Mount Melbourne at Evans Coves, some 
2 sogeographical miles south of Cape Adare, andsome 200 
geographical miles from our Winter Quarters at Cape 
Evans. Late on the night of January 8, 1912, they were 
camped in this spot and saw the last of the ship steaming 
out of the bay. They had arranged to be picked up again 
on February 18. 
Let us return to McMurdo Sound. My two dog-teams 
arrived at Hut Point from One Ton Depot on March 16 
exhausted. The sea-ice was still in from the Barrier to 
Hut Point, but from there onwards was open water, and 
therefore no communication was possible with Cape Evans. 
Atkinson, with one seaman, was at Hut Pointand the situa- 
tion which he outlined to me on arrival was something as 
follows: 
The ship had left and there was now no possibility of 
her returning owing to the lateness of the season, and she 
carried in her Lieut. Evans, sick with scurvy, and five other 
officers and three men who were returning home this year. 
This left only four officers and four men at Cape Evans, in 
addition to the four of us at Hut Point. 
The serious part of the news was that owing to a heavy 
pack the ship had been absolutely unable to reach Camp- 
bell’s party at Evans Coves. Attempt after attempt had 
