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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [February 
Sunday, February 26. — Marched on Corner Camp, 
but second main party found going very hard and 
eventually got off their ski and pulled on foot. James 
Pigg also found the surface bad, so we camped and had 
lunch after doing 3 miles. 
Except for our tent the camp routine is slack. Shall 
have to tell people that we are out on business, 
not picnicking. It was another 3 miles to depot after 
lunch. Found signs of Bowers' party having camped 
there and glad to see five pony walls. Left six full weeks' 
provision : 1 bag of oats, f of a bale of fodder. Then 
Cherry-Garrard, Crean, and I started for home, leaving 
the others to bring the pony by slow stages. We covered 
6\ miles in direct line, then had some tea and marched 
another 8. We must be less than 10 miles from Safety 
Camp. Pitched tent at 10 p.m., very dark for cooking. 
Monday, February 27. — Awoke to find it blowing a 
howling blizzard — absolutely confined to tent at present — 
to step outside is to be covered with drift in a minute. 
We have managed to get our cooking things inside and 
have had a meal. Very anxious about the ponies — am 
wondering where they can be. The return party * has had 
two days and may have got them into some shelter — but 
more probably they were not expecting this blow — I 
wasn't. The wind is blowing force 8 or 9 ; heavy gusts 
straining the tent ; the temperature is evidently quite 
low. This is poor luck. 
T uesday, February 28. — Safety Camp. Packed up 
* Bowers, Oates, and Gran, with the five ponies. The two days 
had after all brought them to Safety Camp. 
