The longest distance which we managed to make without stopping for leads or pressure-ridges was about three quarters of a mile.
"About a mile from Patience Camp we had a welcome surprise.

Sir Ernest and Hussey sledged out to meet us with dixies of hot tea, well wrapped up to keep them warm.
"One or two of the men left behind had cut a moderately good track for us into the camp, and they harnessed themselves up with us, and we got in in fine style.
"One excellent result of our trip was the recovery of two cases of lentils weighing 42 lbs.

each." The next day I sent Macklin and Crean back to make a further selection of the gear, but they found that several leads had opened up during the night, and they had to return when within a mile and a half of their destination.

We were never able to reach Ocean Camp again.

Still, there was very little left there that would have been of use to us.
By the middle of February the blubber question was a serious one.