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NARRATIVE OF THE NORTHERN PARTY

Between January 25, 1911, and January 18, 1913

By Commander Victor L. A. Campbell, R.N.

Wednesday, January 25, 1911.—We said good-bye to Captain Scott and the Southern Depôt Party, and at 9 the following morning left Glacier Tongue for Butter Point, to land the Western Geological Party. A light southerly wind had cleared the loose ice out of the bay, and we had no difficulty in getting the ship alongside the ice foot, so that by 6 the same evening we had landed the party, laid out a depôt, and left on our cruise to the eastward, where I hoped to effect a landing, if not on King Edward's Land itself, at least in some inlet near the eastern end of the Barrier.

I had received the following instructions from Captain Scott, and they explain our subsequent movements:

'Winter Quarters, Cape Evans,

'23rd January, 1911.

'Instructions to Leader of Eastern Party

'Directions as to the landing of your party are contained in the instructions to the Commanding Officer of the Terra Nova handed to you herewith.

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