302 SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [March 
Next day, February 28, they started at 7.45 p.m. on a 
beautifully clear day and ran 10 miles up to the time they 
camped for tea. The surface was good, with very large 
sastrugi. On one of these, while Demetri was ahead, 
Cherry-Garrard's sledge upset ; he had to unload the 
sledge partially in order to right it. As it was righted the 
team took charge. Cherry-Garrard clung to the sledge 
but lost his driving stick, and it was not until the team 
had taken him over a mile to the south that they were 
stopped. The weather was coming on thick, and it was 
an anxious time as their weekly bag, cooker and tent poles 
had been left behind. Eventually both teams returned 
and the sledge was re-packed. A blizzard came on and 
they were unable to travel until the next afternoon. There 
was a strong wind and the temperature began falling on 
this day. They completed i6| miles for the day. 
February 29 proved a good clear day and they reached 
the BlufI Depot in latitude J(f south. The sledge- 
meters had been giving a great deal of trouble and did 
not tally ; tliis, with the bad light, increased the difficulty 
of navigation enormously. 
On March i they started about mid-day after giving 
the dogs a good rest, which they needed after their long 
runs of the previous days. They proceeded for 10 miles 
without seeing anything. The weather came on thick and 
they had to camp at 6.30 p.m. It cleared a little later and 
they made good two more miles. The party on this day 
saw a snowy petrel. The position of this bird so far south 
and away from food is remarkable. 
On March 2 they had a cold and sleepless night with a 
