46/86 Mackintosh took one of the weekly bags from the depot and returned to the camp. The party resumed the homeward journey the next morning, and with a sail on the sledge to take advantage of the southerly breeze, covered nine miles and a half during the day. But the dogs had reached almost the limit of their endurance; three of them fell out, unable to work longer, while on the march. That evening, for the first time since leaving the 'Aurora', the men saw the sun dip to the horizon in the south, a reminder that the Antarctic summer was nearing its close. "After lunch we went off fairly well for half an hour. |