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		<title>Thursday, January 18th 1912</title>
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		<title>Wednesday, January 17th 1912</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 1912 21:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Tuesday, January 16th 1912</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 1912 23:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camp 68. Height 9760. T. -23.5º. The worst has happened, or nearly the worst. We marched well in the morning and covered 7 1/2 miles. Noon sight showed us in Lat. 89º 42&#8242; S., and we started off in high spirits in the afternoon, feeling that to-morrow would see us at our destination. About the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Night, January 15th 1912</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 1912 23:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Height 9920. T. -25º. The sledge came surprisingly lightly after lunch &#8211; something from loss of weight, something, I think, from stowage, and, most of all perhaps, as a result of tea. Anyhow we made a capital afternoon march of 6.3 miles, bringing the total for the day to over 12 (12.3). The sastrugi again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday, January 15th 1912</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 1912 23:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lunch camp, Height 9,950. Last depot. During the night the air cleared entirely and the sun shone in a perfectly clear sky. The light wind had dropped and the temperature fallen to -25º, minimum -27º. I guessed this meant a hard pull, and guessed right. The surface was terrible, but for 4 3/4 hours yielded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday, January 14th 1912</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 1912 22:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camp 66. Lunch T. -18º, Night T. -15º. Sun showing mistily through overcast sky all day. Bright southerly wind with very low drift. In consequence the surface was a little better, and we came along very steadily 6.3 miles in the morning and 5.5 in the afternoon, but the steering was awfully difficult and trying; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, January 13th 1912</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 1912 09:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lunch Height 10,390. Barometer low? lunch Lat. 89° 3&#8242; 18&#8221;. Started on some soft snow, very heavy dragging and went slow. We could have supposed nothing but that such conditions would last from now onward, but to our surprise, after two hours we came on a sea of sastrugi, all lying from S. to E., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday, January 12th 1912</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 1912 12:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camp 64. T. -17.5°. Lat. 88° 57&#8242;. Another heavy march with snow getting softer all the time. Sun very bright, calm at start; first two hours terribly slow. Lunch, 4 3/4 hours, 5.6 miles geo.; Sight Lat. 88° 52&#8242;. Afternoon, 4 hours, 5.1 miles—total 10.7. In the afternoon we seemed to be going better; clouds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday, January 10th 1912</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 1912 07:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Camp 62. T. -11º. Last depot 88º 29&#8242; S.; 159º 33&#8242; E.; Var. 180º. Terrible hard march in the morning; only covered 5.1 miles (geo.). Decided to leave depot at lunch camp. Built cairn and left one week&#8217;s food together with sundry articles of clothing. We are down as close as we can go in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday, January 11th 1912</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 1912 12:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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