SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION 
[February 
very bad attack of snow blindness, and Wilson another 
almost as bad. Evans has no power to assist with camping 
work. 
Wednesday y February 14. — Lunch Temp. o°; Supper 
Temp. - i°. A fine day with wind on and off down the 
glacier, and we have done a fairly good march. We 
started a little late and pulled on down the moraine. At 
first I thought of going right, but soon, luckily, changed 
my mind and decided to follow the curving lines of the 
moraines. This course has brought us well out on the 
glacier. Started on crampons ; one hour after, hoisted 
sail ; the combined efforts produced only slow speed, 
partly due to the sandy snowdrifts similar to those on 
summit, partly to our torn sledge runners. At lunch these 
were scraped and sand-papered. After lunch we got on 
snow, with ice only occasionally showing through. A 
poor start, but the gradient and wind improving, we 
did 6\ miles before night camp. 
There is no getting away from the fact that we are not 
going strong. Probably none of us : Wilson's leg still 
troubles him and he doesn't like to trust himself on ski ; 
but the worst case is Evans, who is giving us serious 
anxiety. This morning he suddenly disclosed a huge 
blister on his foot. It delayed us on the march, when he 
had to have his crampon readjusted. Sometimes I fear 
he is going from bad to worse, but I trust he will pick up 
again when we come to steady work on ski like this after- 
noon. He is hungry and so is Wilson. We can't risk 
opening out our food again, and as cook at present I am 
serving something under full allowance. We are inclined 
