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CAMPING ON PLATEAU ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES FROM THE POLE BEFORE THE LAST SUPPORTINf 
From (t Photograph] PARTY, UNDER COMMANDER EVANS, RETURNED. [by Lieut. Boweru 
Four days of this pulling, with a southerly 
wind to help, brought them to Corner Camp ; 
then came a heavy snowfall, the sledge could 
not travel. It 
was a critical 
moment. Next 
day Crean set 
out to tramp 
alone to Hut 
Point, thirty- 
four miles 
away. Lashley 
stayed to nurse 
Lieutenant 
Evans, and 
most certainly 
saved his life 
till help came. 
Crean reached 
Hut Point 
after an ex- 
hausting march 
of eighteen 
hours ; at once 
Dr. Atkinson 
and Demetri 
set of! with the 
dog-teams and brought the sick man back 
in a single march of five hours. At the. 
Discovery Hut he was unremittingly tendec 
by Dr. Atkin- 
son, and finally 
sent by sledge 
to the T err a. 
Nova. A visit 
to E n g 1 a n dl 
brought health 
again, a n dl 
Lieutenant 
Evans was able 1 
to return ini 
command of 
the Terra • 
Nova on her 
final journey 
to the South. 
It is good to* 
know that 
both Lashley 
and Crean 
have been 
r e commended 
for the Albert 
Medal. 
NAVAL ENSIGN TAKEN TO THE POLE. 
THIS ENSIGN WAS PRESENTED TO COMMANDER EVANS, AND 
CARRIED BY 11IM TO WITHIN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES 
OF THE SOUTH POLE, AND THEN TAKEN ON TO THE POLE BY 
LIEUT. BOWERS, AND BROUGHT BACK BY HIM TO THE TENT 
WHERE THE PARTY PERISHED. 
(To be concluded.) 
