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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [June 
were taken so diagonally that they seemed much longer. 
The difference of surface was quite noticeable, harder on 
the ridge summits and softer in the hollows. We have 
never met with anything like a crevasse on them. 
Friday^ June 30, 191 1. — The surface to-day proved 
too heavy for us — we were unable to drag both sledges 
together, so we relayed one at a time, by daylight from 
II A.M. to 3 P.M. — and by candle-lamp from 4.30 p.m. to 
7.45 P.M. We made only 3J miles in the day. The sur- 
face was soft and sandy, and though always crusted, 
always let one through an inch or two, as well as the 
sledge runners. 
Heavy subsidences were continual all day, and the 
surface seemed to give way more when we were on the 
edges of the softer sandy patches. They were not exten- 
sive as a rule as far as one could judge, but they were 
exceptionally frequent — much more so than I have known 
them in the summer. There was no reason to think they 
dropped more than \to\ inch. The temp, to-day ranged 
from -55"^ in the morning to -6i'6° at lunch and -66° 
on camping for the night. We had calm weather all 
day, and some aurora to watch in the E. and from N.E. 
to S. during the march. 
\June 30. — Relaying all day — surface awful. It does 
not look as if we could pull this off. Last night was 
record sledging temperature —75° on sledge, -69° under 
sledge.* I was in big bag and most of night shivered 
till back seemed to break, then warm for half minute 
* Wilson gives this under July i for the night of June 30. For the 
lowest temperature met, see under July 6. 
