WINTERING IN McMURDO SOUND 
that the provisions required for the consumption of the depot 
parties, and for the depots to be placed southward to the foot 
of the Beardmore Glacier, would amount to 4000 lb. The first 
depot was to be placed off Mirnia Bluff, and from there south- 
ward a depot was to be placed on each degree of latitude. The 
final depot would be made at the foot of the Beardmore Glacier. 
The initial task would be the haulage of stores from Cape Evans 
to Hut Point, a distance of 13 miles. All the sledging stores 
had to be taken across, and Mackintosh proposed to place 
additional supplies there in case a party, returning late from 
the Barrier, had to spend winter months at Hut Point. 
The first party, consisting of Mackintosh, Richards, and 
Spencer-Smith, left Cape Evans on September 1 with 600 lb. 
of stores on one sledge, and had an uneventful journey to Hut 
Point. They pitched a tent half-way across the bay, on the 
sea-ice, and left it there for the use of the various parties during 
the month. At Hut Point they cleared the snow from the 
motor-tractor and made some preliminary efforts to get it into 
working order. They returned to Cape Evans on the 3rd. The 
second trip to Hut Point was made by a party of nine, with 
three sledges. Two sledges, man-hauled, were loaded with 
1278 lb. of stores, and a smaller sledge, drawn by the dogs, 
carried the sleeping-bags. This party encountered a stiff 
southerly breeze, with low temperature, and, as the men were 
still in rather soft condition, they suffered much from frost- 
bites. Joyce and Gaze both had their heels badly blistered. 
Mackintosh's face suffered, and other men had fingers and ears 
bitten." When they returned Gaze had to travel on a sledge, 
since he could not set foot to the ground. They tried to haul 
the motor to Cape Evans on this occasion, but left it for another 
time after covering a mile or so. The motor was not working 
and was heavy to pull. 
Eight men made the third journey to Hut Point, Gaze and 
Jack remaining behind. They took 660 lb. of oil and 630 lb. 
of stores. From Hut Point the next day (September 14) the 
party proceeded with loaded sledges to Safety Camp, on the 
edge of the Barrier. This camp would be the starting-point 
for the march over the Barrier to the Minna Bluff depot. They 
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