4H 
SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [October 
as we sat in our tent, and again we were weather-bound. 
At 3 the drift ceased, and we marched on, wind as bad 
as ever ; then I saw an ominous yellow fuzzy appearance 
on the southern ridges of Erebus, and knew that another 
snowstorm approached. Foolishly hoping it would pass 
us by I kept on until Inaccessible Island was suddenly 
blotted out. Then we rushed for a camp site, but the 
blizzard was on us. In the driving snow we found it 
impossible to set up the inner tent, and were obliged to 
unbend it. It was a long job getting the outer tent set, 
but thanks to P.O. Evans and Bowers it was done at 
last. We had to risk frostbitten fingers and hang on to the 
tent with all our energy : got it secured inch by inch, and 
not such a bad speed all things considered. We had 
some cocoa and waited. At 9 p.m. the snow drift again 
took off, and we were now so snowed up, we decided to 
push on in spite of the wind. 
We arrived in at I.I 5 a.m., pretty well done. The 
wind never let up for an instant ; the temperature 
remained about - 1 6°, and the 21 statute miles which 
we marched in the day must be remembered amongst 
the most strenuous in my memory. 
Except for the last few days, we enjoyed a degree of 
comfort which I had not imagined possible on a spring 
journey. The temperature was not particularly high, 
at the mouth of the Ferrar it was -40 0 , and it varied 
between -15 0 and -40 0 throughout. Of course this is 
much higher than it would be on the Barrier, but it does 
not in itself promise much comfort. The amelioration of 
such conditions we owe to experience. We used one- 
