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DEATH OF BRISSENDEN 
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Brissenden by drowning. He was buried on the hill- 
side overlooking the bay, and a marble cross erected to 
his memory. Robert Brissenden was a first-class man, 
careful and reliable, besides being a very good messmate, 
and his loss was very much felt by all. 
The Third Voyage 
The ship left Lyttelton at 5 a.m. on December 14, 
_ 1912. A crowd of friends had collected to bid 
Dec. 14, ^ 
1912. Lyiiei- US farewell and send last messages to our 
companions in Victoria Land. 
At 7 P.M. that evening we discovered a wretched man 
stowed away in the lifeboat. On being questioned the 
stowaway said he was a rabbiter and anxious to make a 
voyage in the Terra Nova : he appeared to be about 
thirty-five years of age and not very intelligent. As 
there was no object in taking this man south we shaped 
course for the nearest port, Akaroa, in order to land 
him. Fortunately, the Norwegian barque Triton was 
sighted at midnight, and her courteous captain relieved 
us of our stowaway, promising to land him in Dunedin. 
The programme for the third southward voyage 
included the running of a line of soundings from Banks 
Peninsula to a point in Lat. 60'' S., Long. 170° W. Thence 
the ship was to proceed due south until the pack was 
reached, sounding twice daily. After entering the pack 
she was to continue to force her way southward, keeping 
approximately on the meridian of 165° W., to sound over 
