The worst journey in the world, Antarctic, 1910-1913 . wmm^Fmm^^. a X o X < o3 QW o i THE POLAR JOURNEY 531 until they must have wondered, each man in his heart,whether in such case a human being could be left to die,that four men might live. He died a natural death andthey went out on to the Barrier. Given such conditions as were expected, and the condi-tions for which preparation had been made, they would havecome home alive and well. Some men say the weather wasabnormal: there is some evidence that it was. The fact re-mains that the temperature dropped into the minus thirtiesby day and t
The worst journey in the world, Antarctic, 1910-1913 . wmm^Fmm^^. a X o X < o3 QW o i THE POLAR JOURNEY 531 until they must have wondered, each man in his heart,whether in such case a human being could be left to die,that four men might live. He died a natural death andthey went out on to the Barrier. Given such conditions as were expected, and the condi-tions for which preparation had been made, they would havecome home alive and well. Some men say the weather wasabnormal: there is some evidence that it was. The fact re-mains that the temperature dropped into the minus thirtiesby day and the minus forties by night. The fact also re-mains that there was a great lack of southerly winds, andin consequence the air near the surface was not beingmixed : excessive radiation took place, and a layer of coldair formed near the ground. Crystals also formed on thesurface of the snow and the wind was not enough to sweepthem away. As the temperature dropped so the surface forthe runners of the sledges became worse, as I explainedelsewhere.^ They were pulling
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