Yesterday I went to the ship with a dog team. All went well till the dogs caught sight of a whale breeching in the 30 ft. lead and promptly made for it! It was all we could do to stop them before we reached the water.
Spent the day writing letters and completing arrangements for the ship—a brisk northerly breeze sprang up in the night and the ship bumped against the glacier until the pack came in as protection from the swell. Ponies and dogs arrived about 1 P.M., and at 5 we all went out for the final start.
A little earlier Pennell had the men aft and I thanked them for their splendid work. They have behaved like bricks and a finer lot of fellows never sailed in a ship. It was good to get their hearty send off. Before we could get away Ponting had his half-hour photographing us, the ponies and the dog teams—I hope he will have made a good thing of it. It was a little sad to say farewell to all these good fellows and Campbell and his men. I do most heartily trust that all will be successful in their ventures, for indeed their unselfishness and their generous high spirit deserves reward. God bless them.
So here we are with all our loads. One wonders what the upshot will be. It will take three days to transport the loads to complete safety; the break up of the sea ice ought not to catch us before that. The wind is from the S.E. again to-night.
 |
| “Capt. Scott: just before leaving for the Southern journey. Jan. 26th 1911.” |
 |
| “Capt. Scott: just before leaving for the Southern journey. Jan. 26th 1911.” |
 |
| “Captain Scott and the Southern Party. Mount Erebus in Background. January 26th 1911″ |
 |
| “Captain Scott and the Southern Party. Mount Erebus in Background. January 26th 1911″ |
 |
| “Captain Scott and the Southern Party. Mount Erebus in Background. January 26th 1911″ |
 |
| “Mr H.G. Ponting making a hole in four feet of sea ice for lowering the fish trap. January 26th 1911″ |
 |
| “Captain Oates. January 26th 1911″ |
 |
| “Captain Scott” |
This entry was posted
on Thursday, January 26th, 1911 at and is filed under Chapter V: Depôt Laying To One Ton Camp.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
