We cannot hope to make rapid progress, but each mile counts.

Crean this afternoon has a bad attack of snow-blindness." The weather on the morning of October 30 was overcast and misty, with occasional falls of snow.

A moderate north-easterly breeze was blowing.

We were still living on extra food, brought from the ship when we abandoned her, and the sledging and boating rations were intact.

These rations would provide for twenty-eight men for fifty-six days on full rations, but we could count on getting enough seal and penguin meat to at least double this time.