The food had been cut down to close upon half-rations, and at this reduced rate the supply still in hand would be finished in two days.

The party covered 7 miles 570 yds.

on the 21st, and the hoosh that night was "no thicker than tea." "The first thought this morning was that we must do a good march," wrote Mackintosh on March 22.

"Once we can get to Safety Camp (at the junction of the Barrier with the sea-ice) we are right.

Of course, we can as a last resort abandon the sledge and take a run into Hut Point, about twenty-two miles away....