SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 
[June 
One of the dogs, Vaida, who had been ill since his 
return, was allowed a certain amount of latitude ; he 
frequently came into the hut and would take up his 
position there, appreciating the warmth and comfort 
and strenuously resisting ejection at any time. Altogether 
he regarded himself as having taken on the duty of a 
house dog. 
On June i, the ice appearing sound, Demetri and 
Hooper with a dog team went to Hut Point, doing the 
journey there and back in the same day. One of the 
dogs had been lost on our return to Cape Evans ; but 
no trace of this animal was found on arriving there and 
he was never seen again. 
The first week of June proved practically calm and 
we had our coldest temperatures of the winter. 
However, as a little ice remained in the North Bay 
we were able to get more exercise for men and animals. 
From the 8th to the 13th we had a most exceptional 
blizzard, both for the warmth of temperature and the 
amount of drift. It was quite possible in this blizzard 
to move a few yards away from the hut and be lost for 
some considerable' time. The ice again blew out and 
we Iiad a wonderful show of phosphorescence in the sea. 
Once beneath the ice foot we saw a seal chasing a school 
of fish, the fish outlined with phosphorescence and the 
seal with a glowing snout and all his body bright, in hot 
pursuit. 
In the previous season Wright had had great trouble 
in maintaining an even temperature for his pendulum 
observations. To overcome this a large hole was cut 
