NARRATIVE OF THE NORTHERN PARTY 
Between January 25, 1911, and January 18, 1913 
By Commander Victor L. A. Campbell, R.N. 
Wednesday^ January 25, 191 1.— We said good-bye to 
Captain Scott and the Southern Depot Party, and at 
9 the following morning left Glacier Tongue for Butter 
Point, to land the Western Geological Party. A light 
southerly wind had cleared the loose ice out of the bay, 
and we had no difficulty in getting the ship alongside the 
ice foot, so that by 6 the same evening we had landed 
the party, laid out a depot, and left on our cruise to the 
eastward, where I hoped to effect a landing, if not on 
King Edward's Land itself, at least in some inlet near 
the eastern end of the Barrier. 
I had received the following instructions from 
Captain Scott, and they explain our subsequent move- 
ments : 
' Winter Quarters, Cape Evans, 
' 23rd January, 191 1, 
* Instructions to Leader of Eastern Party 
' Directions as to the landing of your party are con- 
tained in the instructions to the Commanding Officer of 
the Terra Nova handed to you herewith. 
