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Since the 21st we have had a continuous gale from W.S.W. and S.W. We had fuel to make two cups of tea apiece...

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The causes of the disaster are not due to faulty organisation, but to misfortune in all risks which had to be...

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Blizzard bad as ever – Wilson and Bowers unable to start – to-morrow last chance – no fuel and only one or two...

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Got within 11 miles of depôt Monday night; had to lay up all yesterday in severe blizzard. To-day forlorn hope...

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We camped with difficulty last night, and were dreadfully cold till after our supper of cold pemmican and biscuit and

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To-day, lunch, we are 21 miles from the depot. Ill fortune presses, but better may come. We have had more wind and...

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Lost track of dates, but think the last correct. Tragedy all along the line. At lunch, the day before yesterday, ...

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No doubt about the going downhill, but everything going wrong for us. Yesterday we woke to a strong northerly wind...

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We did 6.9 miles yesterday, under our necessary average. Things are left much the same, Oates not pulling much...

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Titus Oates is very near the end, one feels. What we or he will do, God only knows. We discussed the matter after...

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Things steadily downhill. Oates’ foot worse. He has rare pluck and must know that he can never get through. He...

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Worse and worse in morning; poor Oates’ left foot can never last out, and time over foot gear something awful...

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A little worse I fear. One of Oates’ feet very bad this morning; he is wonderfully brave. We still talk of what we...

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We did a little better with help of wind yesterday afternoon, finishing 9 1/2 miles for the day, and 27 miles from...

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Regret to say going from bad to worse. We got a slant of wind yesterday afternoon, and going on 5 hours we converted..

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Things looking very black indeed. As usual we forgot our trouble last night, got into our bags, slept splendidly on...

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We picked up the track again yesterday, finding ourselves to the eastward. Did close on 10 miles and things looked...

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Misfortunes rarely come singly. We marched to the (Middle Barrier) depot fairly easily yesterday afternoon, and...

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Lunch. Very cold last night—minimum -41.5°. Cold start to march, too, as usual now. Got away at 8 and have...

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Lunch. Cold night. Minimum Temp. -37.5°; -30° with north-west wind, force 4, when we got up. Frightfully cold...

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