[117] Scott's Last Expedition, vol. i. pp. 180-81.

[118] Scott's Last Expedition, vol. i. pp. 187-188. Scott started for the Pole on November 1, 1911. Amundsen started on September 8, 1911, but had to turn back owing to low temperatures; he started again on October 19.

[119] Priestley's diary.

[120] Scott's Last Expedition, vol. i. p. 185.

[121] See p. [123].

[122] Scott's Last Expedition, vol. i. pp. 190-191.

[123] Scott's Last Expedition, vol. i. pp. 191-192.

[124] Wilson camped with the two dog-teams on the land, and in the morning saw us floating on the ice-floes through his field-glasses. He made his way along the peninsula until he could descend on to the Barrier, where he joined Scott.

[125] I think he was stiff after standing so many hours.—A. C.-G.

[126] Scott, The Voyage of the Discovery, vol. i. p. 350.