OHYAT: Somewhere Out There

[tealin]

Minimum for the night -65.2º with a breeze of force 3 from S.S.E. with slight drift. ... We turned out at 7.30 a.m., relayed 11 to 3, then lunch and again relayed from 4.30 to 8 p.m., this time by moonlight, the rising moon giving us just enough light to go by. At one time it passed exactly behind the crater of Mount Erebus and looked like a magnificent eruption. We made only 2 1/2 miles in the day — very heavy sandy snow.

E.A. Wilson's journal

There was wind last night, but this morning found a settled calm again, with temperature as usual about -35º. The moon is rising again; it came over the shoulder of Erebus about 5 p.m., in second quarter. It will cross the meridian at night, worse luck, but such days as this will be pleasant even with a low moon; one is very glad to think the Crozier Party are having such a peaceful time.

Capt. Scott's journal