hese are a few snatches from Jones's diary:

"The next sixteen days (following Wednesday, October 9) were spent at
this camp.... Harrisson and Moyes occupied one tent and Dovers, Hoadley
and myself the other.

"On Saturday, the third day of the blizzard, the wind which had been
blowing steadily from the east-south-east veered almost to east and the
tents commenced to flog terrifically. This change must have occurred
early in the night, for we awoke at 5 A.M. to find clouds of snow
blowing under the skirt on one side: the heavy pile on the flounce
having been cut away by the wind. As it would have been impossible to do
anything outside, we pulled the tent poles together and allowed the tent
to collapse. The rest of the day was spent in confined quarters, eating
dry rations and melting snow in our mugs by the warmth of our bodies....
Although Harrisson and Moyes were no more than twenty feet from us, the
noise of the gale and the flogging of our tents rendered communication
impossible.

"The terrible flapping at last caused one of the seams of our tent to
tear; we sewed it as well as we were able and hoped that it would hold
till daylight.

"On Monday morning, the same seam again parted and we decided to let the
tent down again, spending the day in a half-reclining position....

"At 6.30 P.M. the gale eased and, during a comparative lull, Moyes came
out to feed the dogs. Noticing our position, he helped us to re-erect
the tent and Dovers then went out and piled snow over the torn seam.
Moyes said that Harrisson and he had been fairly comfortable, although
the cap of their tent was slowly tearing with the pressure of the wind
and snow on the weather panels....

"On Friday, the 18th, Swiss, one of the dogs, returned very thin after
six days' absence from the camp.

"On the following Monday the blizzard moderated somewhat and we
proceeded to make our quarters more roomy by digging out the floor and
undercutting the sides, thus lowering the level about eighteen inches.

"Our tent now looks as if it were half blown over. To relieve the
tremendous strain on the cap, we lowered the feet of the two lee poles
on to the new floor. The tent now offered very little resistance to the
wind. We were able to communicate with Harrisson and Moyes and they said
they were all right."

When the snow and wind at last held up, they immediately made down
to the sea-ice and back towards home, and, when they met us, had done
nineteen mi