Thursday 23 Nov. [Actually November 22]The gale has lasted all day.
Luckily the bad weather chose a rest day – the gale has eased somewhat this evening, and the prospect of getting off tomorrow is good. From here we will build a cairn every other mile. At each degree we will lay a depot with human food for seven days and dog food for six days – a weight of 90 kg. This will quickly lighten the sledges of ours. This transcript comes from “Race for the South Pole - The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen” by Roland Huntford. It appears by courtesy of the author and The Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. |
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