Slowly But Surely The Sea Is Freezing

As One Looks Across The Barren Stretches Of The Pack, It Is Sometimes Difficult To Realise What Teeming Life Exists Immediately Beneath Its Surface.

Every Day Some New Fact Comes To Light - Some New Obstacle Which Threatens The Gravest Obstruction. I Suppose This Is The Reason Which Makes The Game So Well Worth Playing.

We Took Risks. We Knew We Took Them. Things Have Come Out Against Us. We Have No Cause For Complaint.

Hunger And Fear Are The Only Realities In Dog Life: An Empty Stomach Makes A Fierce Dog.

I Do No Think Human Beings Ever Came Through Such A Month As We Have…we Are Weak, Writing Is Difficult, But For My Own Sake I Do Not Regret This Journey, Which Has Shown That Englishmen Can Endure Hardships, Help One Another, And Meet Death With As Great A Fortitude As Ever In The Past.