384 SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [February 
the first watch on the 28th that the ship could secure 
Feb. 28. Off alongside the fast ice about J mile north of 
Castle Rock, ^iut Point and Atkinson and his party were 
able to bring Evans on board. The opportunity was 
taken to land two sledge loads of stores that would 
be useful at Discovery hut. 
The ship at once proceeded to Cape Evans, and by 
everyone on shore and aboard lending a willing hand 
the remainder of the stores (about nineteen tons) was 
landed in the boats between 2 a.m. and 7.30 a.m., in a 
perfect calm and beautiful weather. 
As soon as the last boat came off, the ship left for 
Terra Nova Bay again. It was essential that Lieutenant 
Feb. 29, Evans should have a doctor with him for 
5^^^i66° 25' ^ ^^^^ days more and so Atkinson had to go 
in her, though it was quite likely that she 
might not be able to re-enter the Sound. 
Conditions off Terra Nova Bay had not improved, 
and the ship ran up and down outside the heavier pack 
trying it in places wherever a sim of weakness 
March i and ^ o i o 
2. Off Terra showcd ; but with always the same result. 
Nova Bay. ^^i^^ after entering two or three miles through 
pack which gradually grew heavier she would be brought 
up. Once, indeed, she managed to work through to a 
position north-east seven miles from the end of the 
Drygalski Barrier, but even here she was 35 miles from 
her destination, and this was the last flicker of reasonable 
hope. 
The following extract is from the ship's log : 
' All day on outskirts of ice filling Terra Nova Bay 
