Scott's Polar Diary Reveals Harsh Antarctic Voyage
Excerpts from Captain Scott's diary published in Everybody's Magazine recount the Terra Nova voyage storming December seas, pumps clogging, ponies and dogs in peril, and penguin songs amid a perilous ice crossing. The party finds Cape Evans as a base, ferries stores, and braces for beardsmore Glacier traverse toward Hut Point.
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South Polar
Robert F. Scott
Everybody’s Magazine
Mt. Erebus
Mts. Erebus and Terror
Cape Bird
Cape Crozier
McMurdo Sound
Cape Armitage
Hut Point
Scott
Cape Evans
Threefold trek to ferry stores and ponies toward Safety Camp
The narrative recounts a grueling polar march where dogs sparked excitement, ponies struggled in soft snow, and Scott planned forward travel with five weeks of supplies. A harsh blizzard and repeated delays test endurance as Bowers and Oates safeguard lines, then a doomed return ends with Weary Willy collapsing and dying, highlighting ponies' fragility in extreme storms.
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Oates
Atkinson
Lashley
Scott
White Desert
Jimmy Pig
Bluff Camp
Corner Camp
Bowers
Safety Camp
Hut Point
Willy
Silk Vests and Crest Brand Vests Advertisement
An advertisement lists silk vests for sale including $2 silk vests and 1.59 Crest Brand Florencia silk vests in white or pink. Mentions fine Italian silk and also 25c vests and 12 1-2c Crest Brand vests Swiss ribbed low neck no sleeves with plain or lace yoke styles.
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Crest Brand
Florencia
1010 Crest Brand Garter-Top Silk Stockings
Pure silk stockings with a patent gold stripe garter top and no rip below the gold stripe. Distinct from the Japan tram by the silk twists per inch. Limited stock due to scarce production and expected to sell out today.
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Japan
Early start limited by journey condition at outset
A fragment notes that a condition at the journey’s start makes a late start necessary for the following year. The text implies planning changes and timing shifts affecting future departures. No additional names or places are readable in the excerpt.
Dodge Heads Colby Alumni at Waterville Dinner
Rex W W Dodge of Portland class of 1906 was elected alumni president at the annual alumni dinner in Waterville. Trustees elected include Rev Woodman Bardbury Beecher Putnam Charles F Warner Frederick W Grover and Herbert C Libby. Dean Elizabeth Bass of the women's division resigned.
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Waterville
Rex W.W. Dodge
Portland
Colby
Woodman
Bardbury
D. D
Cambridge
Mass
Beecher Putnam
Houston
Charles F. Warner
Springfield
Frederick W. Grover
Herbert C. Libby
Elizabeth Bass
Rival of Weston Lying Near Death in Hike Tale
Stamford, Conn June 24 John Ennis a pedestrian of local fame is seriously ill of stomach trouble at his home here Physicians fear he may not recover He is 70 years old Ennis started a day after Weston but was several miles ahead when taken ill near Millville Penn He was brought home late last night.
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Scott
Ponting
Stamford
Conn
John Ennis
Edward P. Weston
Walker
New York
Minneapolis
Ennis
Weston
Millville
Penn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Filene Men’s
Filene
Captain Scott
Terra
Nova
New Zealand
Williams
Road of Fast
Mount Erebus
Wilson
Meares
Crean
Birdie
Evans
White Mountains
Glens
Littleton Fabyanee
Twin Mountain
Crawfords
Bretton Woods
Centre Harbor
Weirs
Wolfboro
Jefferson Lancaster
Intervale
North Conway
North Woodstock
Bethlehem and
Maplewood
Profile House
Colebrook
Bostawy and
Anne Rawman
City ‘Ticket Office
Cor
Washington A Court Sts
North Station
Causeway Street
M. Burt
G.P.A
Sara BO
Crest
West
Silk
DODGE
Dr. Bardbury
Virginia
H. Albert
Hot Springs
New Homestead
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Penna
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