The Voyages of Captain Scott Retold From the Voyage of the Discovery And
The Voyages of Captain Scott Retold From the Voyage of the Discovery And
Captain R F Scott
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It is not a very active life, perhaps, but certainly not an idle one. Few of us sleep more than eight hours of the twenty-four. ' On June 19, Day gave a lecture on his motor sledge and was very hopeful of success, but Scott again ex- pressed his doubts and fears. ' I fear he is rather more sanguine in temperament than his sledge is reli- able in action. I wish I could have more confidence in his preparations, as he is certainly a delightful companion. ' Three days later Midwinter was cele- brat...ed with great festivities, and after lunch the Editor handed over the first number of the S. P. T. To Scott. Everyone at once gathered at the top of A HAPPY FAMILY 291 the table ; ' It was like a lot of schoolgirls round a teacher ' is the editor's description of the scene, and Scott read aloud most of the contents. An article called ' Valhalla/ written by Taylor, some verses called ' The Sleeping Bag/ and Wilson's illustra- tions to ' Antarctic Archives ' were the popular fa- vourites; indeed the editor attributed the success of the paper mainly to Wilson, though Day's delightful cover of carved venesta wood and sealskin was also ' a great help/ As all the contributions were anony- mous great fun was provided by attempts to guess the various authors, and some of the denials made by the contributors were perhaps more modest than strictly truthful.
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