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Antarctic Adventure - Scott's Northern Party (1915) (Hardcover)
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Antarctic Adventure - Scott's Northern Party (1915) (Hardcover)
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ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE CHAPTER I THE FIRST PARTING Good-bye to the
Depot Party Description of parting Classical scenery The Call of
the South Dogs and ponies eager for a start The Northern Party;
plans and men. On the 26th of January, 1911, a little group of men
stood together on the sea ice south of a tongue of ice which juts
out from the slopes of Erebus like a huge and natural pier, a
fitting monument to the power of the frost which is the ruling
force in the Antarctic. Six, at any rate, of those who are alive
to-day are destined to have that scene engraved on their memories
for the remainder of their lives, for it was there that we of the
Northern Party said farewell to our companions who were to make the
final successful attack on the South Pole; and though no
forebodings disturbed the serenity of the parting, it was ordained
that we should never set eyes again on five of the men whom we were
proud to number among our friends. The textit{Terra Nova had
reached the shores of Ross Island in safety after a voyage of
varying fortune. Here we had helped to establish the main party in
comfortable winter quarters, and in what we had reason to believe
was an advantageous position for communication with the snow plain
over which they would have to travel for the first three hundred
miles of their march to the Pole. Their stores had been landed with
the lossof only one motor-sledge, and now the first march in the
campaign towards the Pole was about to be commenced. The men who
were to form the Southern Depot Party were all keen to commence
their work, and both ponies and dogs were in as good condition as
could be expected after their long time on board ship. Every one,
in fact, was quietly confident the sledge party that they would
give a good account of themselves, ...
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