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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [Deckubkr 
370 miles — an average of 18 miles a day. We entered 
the pack with 342 tons of coal and left with 281 tons ; 
we have, therefore, expended 61 tons in forcing our way 
through — an average of 6 miles to the ton. 
These are not pleasant figures to contemplate, but 
considering the exceptional conditions experienced I sup- 
pose one must conclude that things might have been worse. 
9th. 
Loose streams, steam- 
19th. 
XT 1 1 1 
J\oon, heavy pack and 
ing. 
leads, steaming. 
loth. 
Close pack. 
20th. 
Forenoon, banked fires. 
Ilth. 
6 a.m. close pack, 
2ISt. 
9 a.m. started. 
stopped. 
11 a.m. banked. 
1 2th. 
1 1.30 a.m. started. 
22lld. 
13th. 
8 a.m. heavy pack, 
23rd. 
Midnight, started. 
stopped ; 8 p.m. out 
24th. 
7 a.m. stopped. 
fires. 
25th. 
Fires out. 
14th. 
Fires out. 
26th. 
» >» 
15th. 
a • « 
27th. 
16th. 
• • ■ 
28th. 
7.30 p.m. steaming. 
17th. 
29th. 
Steaming 
18th. 
Noon, heavy pack and 
30th. 
Steaming 
leads, steaming. 
These columns show that we were steaming for nine 
out of twenty days. We had two long stops, one of five 
days and one of four and a half days. On three other 
occasions we stopped for short intervals without drawing 
fires. 
I have asked Wright to plot the pack with certain 
symbols on the chart made by Pennell. It promises 
to give a very graphic representation of our experiences. 
