SOUTHERN JOURNEY DISTANCES 



rpHE following table gives detailed information regard- 

 ing the distances travelled day by day on the southern 

 journey. The geographical miles given in the first column 

 cover the period from November 15, when the party left 

 Depot A, until January 9, when the furthest south point 

 was reached. The distances have been taken from the 

 chart after all corrections have been made, and represent 

 a direct line from camp to camp. 



In the second column will be found the noon latitudes, 

 calculated from observations taken as opportunity offered. 

 The observations have been checked by the officers of the 

 Royal Geographical Society in London. 



The last column shows the distances travelled day by 

 day according to sledge-meter, and these figures of course 

 take into account all deviations and detours, so often rend- 

 ered necessary by the condition of the surface. That the 

 sledge-meter was reliable is proved by the fact that on the 

 homeward journey we were able to calculate our positions 

 without taking latitude observations. We took only one 

 observation during the journey back to the coast (January 

 31, noon position 82° 58' South) , and on that occasion the 

 theodolite confirmed the record of the sledge-meter. 



Observations for variation were taken whenever we 

 took a latitude observation, and the results will be found 

 recorded on the chart. 



The latitude observations noted in this table were 

 taken with a three-inch theodolite, which was carefully 



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