Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-15

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by having three of these the party were
able to keep the temperature in the liv-
ing room above zero.
The igloo afforded shelter just in time,
for DIR. Levick's tent collapsed in ter
rife gale the 18th three of the poles
breaking and the tent blowing to rib
bons. After lying under the ruins all day
DR.. Levick's party made their way TO
| Campbell's camp, about mile away, ar
irving there in Il frost-bitten and exhaust
ed condition. They were revived with
hoosh and slept that night. two in a sleep
ing bag-a most comfortable experience.
Rations Cut to Half.
| BY the time winter had set in in spite
of killing everything seen. only sixteen
seals and eight Adele penguins had been
obtained The ration. which had pre-
viously consisted of two pannikins of seal
hoosh and one biscuit per man per day,
| had to be cut down to half that amount,
and. not having any salt, the food had
| always to be cooked in salt water
Seaweed was sometimes used as a
ration. but members of the party could
never get used to this.
One lucky find was thirty six fish i'm
the stomach Of a seal. which, fried In
bIubber proved excellent
Until the middle of July. when three
| more seals were captured. the party
was always hungry.
| For cooking and lighting purposes
| blubber stove and lamp We're constructed.
| the fuel for the stove being old seal
bones and bubber. Lamps We're simply
old tins filled with melted blubber with
rope warns for wicks. On two occa-
sions in billiards. the ventilation got
| blocked with snow, and the men were
| almost asphyxiated. the lamps and stove
refusing to burn until u passage was
dug out.
| OF luXures there enough sugar
| to give each man twelve Jumps every
Sunday and one stick of chocolate every
| Saturday. Half a pannkin of tea was
served Sunday. the tea leaves being
reboiled for Monday and then kept for
| smoking, the tobacco having run out.
| Onehaf pannikin of cocoa was served
on the remaining five nights of the Week
| Recreations consisted mainly of lee
| lures and the reading aloud OF their two
| books. David Copperfield' and The
| Life of Stevenson" Concerts were given
every Saturday night, and Swedish ex-
erciseS were compulsory during the latter
part of the winter. Divine services were
held every Sunday evening.
| The party suffered acutely from en-
| teritis. Browning was very Ill the whole
| winter, but this never affected his spirits,
and, to his great credit, he was CHEEKY
and willing through it all.
| The condition of the party's clothes and
| footaear caused lot of irostbites, but
| luckily none WAS serious.
With the return of the sun enough
seals were procured to resume full ra
! tions of meat and blubber. saving enough
/ for Sledging purposes. Sufficient oil had
been saved to cook breakfast and supper.
but for luncheon the party had to be
| content with raw seal and penguin.
Start Made for Cape Evans.
start was made for Cape Evans Sep
TENDER -. Progress was slow because
| all the men We're weak Browning in
| particular being too weak to pull. Terra
| Nova bay remained open. and the party
was consequently compelled to cross the
| rough ice on the Drygalski barrier. the
tongue SO ably described by Prof. David
| in ShackletOn'S Heart of the Antartic.
| During this part of the journey Lieut..
| Campbells party experienced cold biz
yards with drifts. and on two occasions
nearly came to grief over ice cliffs. 1t
successfully negotiated the Drygalski bar
rier by the evening of October 10, thus
taking ten DAYS to make this passage.
| During that time an enormous crevasse
had to be crossed by snow bridge
which measured 10 PAGES.
Lieut. Campbell found the Drygalski
cut up by barrancas, but most of the
crevasses were well bridged. Descend
ing on to the sea ice. the party encOun-
tered bad screw pack. the pressure
ridges at times being so bad that road
had to be cut through them with ice axes.
The next barrier across their track was
the Nordenskiold glacier tongue. No crew
asses were found on this, and the pas
sage proved quite easy, but on returning
to the sea an ice screw pack was again
found
| Lieut.. Campbell examined the coast
livery closely for signs of Prof. David s
geological depot He first examined Tripp
Island where a geological collection was
obtained, and then proceeded to Depot
| Island, which is not shown on the ad-
miralty chart. Here Prof Davids depot
Of geological specimens and letters was
found and taken along. Generally better
surfaces were met with after leaving
Depot Island. but Browning had to be
carried on the sledge when the ice was
smooth his condition being critical
Extract From Campbell's Diary.
The following extract is taken from
Lieut. Campbell's own story:
October 29-Turned out at 4:3O am
Fine day. but banks of clouds to south
ward and cold westerly. wind. A two
hour march brought us to Cape Roberts
where / saw through my glasses bam-
boo stuck on the top of the cape.
Leaving the sledges, Priestley and
climbed the cape, where we found a rec
ord left by the western party the previous
wear before they We're picked up, giving
their movements: also nearby depot of
J provisions they had left behind. We gave