CAPTAIN SCOTT'S OWN STORY. 
THE RETURN OF ATKINSON’S PARTY. 
THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THIS RETURN' TO HEADQUARTERS OF ONE OF CAPTAIN SCOTT'S SUPPORTING 
PARTIES. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE SAIL COULD ONLY HE USED WHEN COMING FROM 
THE SOUTH, OWING TO THE WIND ALMOST ALWAYS BLOWING FROM T1IE POLE. 
under the cross-bars — but without delaying 
the others — so slow was the general progress. 
The sun was hot, the 
snow without “ glide/’ 
the men soaked in per- 
spiration. They overtook 
the others, who were 
reduced to relay work ; 
but “ the toil was simply 
awful.” 
Indigestion, wet clothes, 
and cramp after such 
labour produced a bad 
night ; but on the 14th, 
two thousand feet up, 
things began to improve. 
“ After the first two 
hundred yards my own 
party came on with a 
swing that told me at 
once that all would be* 
well. We soon caught the 
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others and offered 
but Evans’s pride 
ONE OF THE METERS USED FOR RE- 
CORDING THE DISTANCE COVERED 15V 
THE SLEDGES. IN THE TOP PIC PURE 
ONE IS SHOWN IN ACTUAL USE. 
to take on more weight, 
wouldn’t allow such help. 
Later in the morning we 
exchanged sledges with 
Bowers : pulled theirs 
easily, whilst they made 
heavy work with ours. 
“ We got fearfully hot- 
on the march, sweated 
through everything and 
stripped off jerseys. The 
result is we are pretty 
cold and clammy now, 
but escape from the soft 
snow and a good march 
compensate every discom- 
fort. At lunch the blue ice 
was about two feet be- 
neath us, now it is barely 
a foot, so that 1 suppose 
we shall soon find it un- 
covered.” 
