292 SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [September 
he was half a mile inshore and didn't come out on account 
of the dogs, who arc very hard to control if they get near 
another sledge team. 
There was no object in camping for lunch on the 
sea ice, and we pushed on to Hut Point for lunch. The 
distance by sledgemeter was 13 miles 300 yards (statute 
15 miles 264 yards). We found Meares had left everything 
at Hut Point in splendid order, and we soon had tlie blubber 
stove going and a meal cooked. At 5.15, it being quite 
fine, we repacked sledge and marched 4 miles out towards 
Safety Camp. We stopped about 9 p.m., had supper, and 
turned into our bags. 
Our camp was on the sea ice, and we noticed an extra- 
ordinary cliange in the temperature after rounding Cape 
Armitage; the thermometer at Hut Point showed -21° 
and on camping it was - 42°, with a sharp biting breeze 
coming away from the Barrier. Minimum temp. -45"^. 
On the following day we started off in a light easterly 
wind, temperature - 36*5°, and hauled our sledge to Safety 
Camp, w^hich is distant from Cape Evans 22 miles 452 yards 
(statute). We dug out the depot, tallied stores, and then 
put up a wind recorder of Simpson's. 
It was interesting to see how Safety Camp had drifted 
up during the winter. It took many hours to dig it out, 
and although this depot contained, amongst other things, 
73 bales of fodder, each of 107 lbs. weight, the snow 
had completely covered it. 
After lunch we took 6 tins of paraffin from here and 
marched 8 miles 641 yards between 5.30 and 8.30 p.m. 
At 9 P.M. the thermometer showed 45-2° below zero. 
