The worst journey in the world, Antarctic, 1910-1913 . o meals instead of three. This idleness when oneis simply jumping to go on is bad enough for most, butmust be worse for Captain Scott. I feel glad that he hasDr. Bill (Wilson) in his tent; there is something always soreassuring about Bill, he comes out best in adversity. ^ Thursday, December 7. Camp 30. The storm con-tinues and the situation is now serious. One small feedremains for the ponies after to-day, so that we must eithermarch to-morrow or sacrifice the animals. That is not theworst; with the help of the dogs we could get on, witho
The worst journey in the world, Antarctic, 1910-1913 . o meals instead of three. This idleness when oneis simply jumping to go on is bad enough for most, butmust be worse for Captain Scott. I feel glad that he hasDr. Bill (Wilson) in his tent; there is something always soreassuring about Bill, he comes out best in adversity. ^ Thursday, December 7. Camp 30. The storm con-tinues and the situation is now serious. One small feedremains for the ponies after to-day, so that we must eithermarch to-morrow or sacrifice the animals. That is not theworst; with the help of the dogs we could get on, withoutdoubt. The serious part is that we have this morningstarted our Summit rations—that is to say, the food cal-culated from the Glacier Depot has been begun. The firstsupporting party can only go on a fortnight from this dateand so forth. ^ This day was just as warm, and wetter—much temperature was +3S-5°y ^^^ °^^ bags were likesponges. The huge drifts had covered everything, includ- ^ Bowers. ^ Scotis Last Expedition, vol. i. p. A PONY CAMP ON THE BARRIER
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