On February 10, 1911, we started for the South to establish depots,
and continued our journey until April 11. We formed three depots
and stored in them 3 tons of provisions, including 22 hundredweight
of seal meat. As there were no landmarks, we had to indicate the
position of our depots by flags, which were posted at a distance of
about four miles to the east and west. The first barrier afforded
the best going, and was specially adapted for dog-sledging. Thus,
on February 15 we did sixty-two miles with sledges. Each sledge
weighed 660 pounds, and we had six dogs for each. The upper barrier
("barrier surface") was smooth and even. There were a few crevasses
here and there, but we only found them dangerous at one or two
points. The barrier went in long, regular undulations. The weather
was very favourable, with calms or light winds. The lowest
temperature at this station was -49 F., which was taken on March 4.
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