CHAPTER VII 
THE WINTER JOURNEY 
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, 
Or what’s a Heaven for? 
R. Brownine, Andrea del Sarto. 
To me, and to every one who has remained here the result of this effort 
is the appeal it makes to our imagination, as one of the most gallant stories 
in Polar History. ‘That men should wander forth in the depth of a Polar 
night to face the most dismal cold and the fiercest gales in darkness is some- 
thing new; that they should have persisted in this effort in spite of every 
adversity for five full weeks is heroic. It makes a tale for our generation 
which I hope may not be lost in the telling. 
Scott’s Diary, at Cape Evans. 
Tue following list of the Winter Journey sledge weights 
(for three men) is taken from the reckoning made by 
Bowers before we started : 
Expendible Stores— Ibs. lbs. 
* Antarctic’ biscuit : ; : ; : : oi E39 
3 Cases forsame . : : : ; ; é 1 OL 
Pemmican . : ; : : : ; 50 ES 
Butter . : : ; : : : : : ‘er 
Salt . : : : A : : : ‘ a 
Tea,” . é ; 2 3 : : 5 3 : 4 
Ow we : : : 3 ; {M60 
Spare parts for primus, and matches . ‘ 5 : : 2 
Toilet paper . : : : : E ; : ; 2 
Candles ; 8 
Packing b) 
Spirit . 8 370 
Permanent Weights, etc. 
2 9-ft. Sledges, 41 lbs.each ‘ 4 i : Pee. 
1 Cooker complete. : : : ; : : A 
2 Primus filled with oil . : : : ; ‘ f 8 
1 Double tent complete . : : : ; ot i ats 
