Cherry (46 page)

Nobby
. Aged. Goes with
LO, Diary (destroyed; partially copied out by his sister Violet and quoted in Sue Limb and Patrick Cordingley,
Captain Oates: Soldier and Explorer
, 1995, p. 122).

There was more blood
LO to Caroline Oates, 23 November 1910.

If ever Con has
KS, Diary, 28 November 1910, Kennet Papers.

I don’t know who
HB to May Bowers, 28 November 1910.

wonderfully capable
SLE
, 20 January 1911.

was the last straw
HB to Emily Bowers, 7 December 1910.

From the first I
Annotated journal [Sept–Oct 1910].

May it never be
HB to Emily Bowers, 7 December 1910.

In a quiet way
FD,
The Quiet Land
, p. 125.

to raise a mutiny . . . It seems incredible that
Marginalia, private collection.

Dante tells us that
WJ
, pp. 48–9.

As I looked into
Raymond Priestley, ‘The Polar Expedition as a Psychological Study’, unpublished lecture transcript, July 1955.

For sheer downright misery
WJ
, p. 50.

One scientist reverted to
Taylor,
With Scott
, p. 45.

a halo of good
WJ
, p. 318.

Large iceberg ahead, sir
Herbert Ponting,
The Great White South
, 1921, p. 28.

We are shaking down
Journal, 9 December 1910.

One of the best
ibid.

It was more than
ibid.
, 10 December 1910.

I have never thought
ibid.
, 11 December 1910.

to moon around with
ibid.
, 15 December 1910.

What an exasperating game
SLE
, 18 December 1910.

ignominiously called back . . . Felt a bit chippy
Journal, 21 December 1910.

a general scrap . . . Titus dragged all Bill’s
ibid.
, 24 December 1910.

the most Christmassy Christmas
ibid.
, 25 December 1910.

A most acceptable pair
Taylor,
With Scott
, p. 13.

very pleasant but with
Thomas Griffith Taylor, Diary, 17 December 1910, in The Griffith Taylor Collection, ed. Wayne Hanley, unpublished, 1978.

Cherry is very generous
HB to Emily Bowers, 23 August 1910.

I do think in
FD,
The Quiet Land
, p. 37.

Have you seen the . . . And there they were
WJ
, p. 81.

the very air permeated
HB to May Bowers, 1 January 1911.

Our previous troubles seem
ibid.

I have seen Fuji
WJ
, p. 82.

I made an awful
Journal, 4 January 1911.

Many watched all night
WJ
, p. 86.

my private chapel
Seaver,
Wilson
, p. 213.

These days are with
EW,
Diary
, 4 January 1911.

There, if anywhere, is
Taylor,
With Scott
, p. 448.

Antarctica reflects the mystery
Barry Lopez, ‘The Gift of Good Land’,
Antarctic Journal of the United States
XXVII, 2 (June 1992), p. 1.

Chapter 5: Out of the World

It is wonderfully comfortable
Journal, 18 January 1911.

This evening a variety
ibid.
, 12 January 1911.

ready for everything
RFS to RS, 1 February 1911.

a second year has
ACG to AF, 19 January 1911, BRO.

I am enjoying every
ACG to AF, 19 January 1911, BRO.

I expect you are
ACG to AF, 2 January 1911, BRO.

If we sat down
WJ
, p. 107.

We finally left camp
ibid.

It is a terrible
ECG to ACG, 14 May 1911, family collection.

Every seal-hole was
ibid.
, p. 110.

As we came up
ibid.
, p. 115.

Cherry-Garrard is remarkable
SLE
, 13 February 1911.

It was surprising what
Evans,
South with Scott
, p. 75.

He is excellent and
SLE
, 19 February 1911.

everybody as happy as
Journal, 19 February 1911.

Cherry, you are going
ibid.
, 20 February 1911.

There is a pleasant air
ibid.
, 21 February 1911.

My companions today were
SLE
, 21 February 1911.

Up to this day
Annotated journal [February 1911].

I never thought he . . . But above all and
SLE
, 22 February 1911.

The world will watch
Raymond Priestley,
Antarctic Adventure
, 1914, p. 40.

For an hour or
WJ
, p. 132.

By Jove what a
Journal, 24 February 1911.

Scott said we could . . . We had hours of
Annotated journal [February 1911].

to go forward and
SLE
, 22 February 1911.

He said it was
Annotated journal [February 1911].

Teddy a quitter
Silas
, p. 117.

almost in tears
Annotated journal [March 1911].

a queer study – his
SLE
, 5 May 1911 [1968 facsimile edition].

He is the best
HB to Emily Bowers, 28 November 1910.

He is a man
HB to Emily Bowers, [n.d.] July–August 1910.

The tops of the . . . a dark streak of . . . Very little was said
HB, ‘letter home’ (copied out by his mother into an exercise book), n.d., pp. 32–5.

utterly done. I remember
Journal, 1 March 1911.

I suppose there is
ibid.

It was not a . . . What about the ponies . . . I don’t care a
HB, ‘letter home’, pp. 40–2.

Between us and the
WJ
, p. 158.

This is the end
ibid.
, p. 182.

The others meanwhile, a
SLE
, 3 March 1911.

Scott was the man
Marginalia, private collection.

Oh! Cherry, Cherry, why
Journal, 3 March 1911.

The events of the
SLE
, 2 March 1911.

We spent . . . our evenings
WJ
, p. 164.

Perhaps this is not
ibid.

Supper by candlelight in
Silas
, p. 119.

Bit by bit I
SLE
, 17 March 1911.

a very lazy and
Journal, 28 March 1911.

contemporary to ten years
Silas
, p. 120.

Robinson Crusoe genius
E. R. G. R. Evans, ‘My Recollections of a Gallant Comrade’,
Strand Magazine
, December 1913.

Those Hut Point days
WJ
, p. 180.

Today has been the
Journal, 23 April 1911.

The sun rose for
ibid
.

regular hat racks
FD,
The Quiet Land
, p. 95.

I feel very unsettled
Journal, 24 April 1911.

Every morning now there
ibid.
, 25 April 1911.

Wonder if any of
Silas
, p. 170.

showed merely a tourist’s
Journal, 9 May 1911.

Science – the rock foundation
SLE
, 9 May 1911.

It will be a
HB to KS, 27 October 1911, Kennet Papers.

Scott took the British
Priestley, ‘The Polar Expedition’.

If we had a
Amundsen, p. 108.

The fact of the
FD,
Antarctica: The Story of a Continent
, 1959, p. 183.

He was eager to
WJ
, p. 204.

a subtle character, full ibid., p. 205.

nightmare
Draft material,
WJ
.

Temperamentally . . . was a weak
WJ
, p. 206.

a lazy, posing fellow
SLE
, 6 January 1911 [1968 facsimile edition].

Meares hates exercise
ibid.
, 17 March 1911.

cocksureness
ibid.
, 3 June 1911.

a young man whose
ibid.
, 13 July 1911.

there used to be . . . and the worst was
Noted by Caroline Oates, 28 April 1913, private collection.

Captain Scott would be
Noted by Caroline Oates, 27 April 1913, private collection.

not in the least
FD,
The Quiet Land
, p. 125.

He is certainly a
George Simpson, Diary, 11 June 1911.

I got badly ragged
Journal, 25 April 1911.

Cape Crozier is a
EW,
National Antarctic Expedition 1901–1904: Natural History
II:
Zoology
, 1907, p. 31.

The possibility that we
ibid.

a bad needle about
Journal, 19 June 1911.

a good bust out
ibid
., 21 June 1911.

O Blubber Lamp! O The South Polar Times III (1911), Part I, facsimile edition, 1914.

The funniest part now . . . it was very funny
Journal, 22 June 1911.

Chapter 6: Even with God

on the weirdest bird’s
WJ
, p. 240.

This winter travel is
SLE
, 27 June 1911.

a regular snorter
EW to Oriana Wilson, in Seaver,
Wilson
, p. 242.

I was a fool
WJ
, p. 241.

must be sure not
Journal, 27 June 1911.

It does not look
ibid.
, 30 June 1911.

They talk of chattering
WJ
, p. 246.

a mass of the
ibid.
, p. 245.

Generally we steered by
WJ
, p. 245.

a terrible day. I
Journal, 2 July 1911.

it was difficult not . . . You’ve got it in
WJ
, p. 247.

The day lives in
ibid.
, p. 253.

I had to keep
EW,
Diary
, 4 July 1911.

Bill had a tremendous
WJ
, p. 255.

Scott will never forgive . . . it is a principle
WJ
, pp. 255–6.

the temperature was down
ACG to ECG, 28 September 1911 & following days, private collection.

or girls
WJ
, p. 247.

There is something after
Journal, 7 July 1911.

If we had been
WJ
, p. 259.

My nerves were about
Journal, 14 July 1911.

I for one had
WJ
, p. 242.

Do things slowly, always
ibid.
, p. 246.

Always patient, self-possessed
ibid.

I think we are
ibid.

I was quite sure
ibid.
, p. 254.

It is wonderful how
Journal, 15 July 1911.

were a Sunday school
WJ
, p. 259.

After indescribable effort and
ibid.
, p. 274.

Cherry, you
must
learn
ibid.
, p. 277.

we were already beginning
ibid.
, p. 278.

I said my prayers
Journal, 3 August 1911. Cherry wrote up most of the Crozier journey on his return to the hut.

I might have speculated . . . The road to Hell
WJ
, p. 286.

Yes, comfortable warm reader
ibid.
, p. 287.

Our lives had been
ibid.
, p. 289.

as if I should . . . I felt a brute
ibid.
, p. 292.

a masterpiece
George Simpson, in Seaver,
Bowers
, p. 209.

He was up and
WJ
, pp. 283–4.

We’re all right . . . Despite the fact that
ibid.
, p. 284.

I think he thought
HB, ‘Account of Winter Journey, etc.’, p. 11.

The day’s march was
WJ
, p. 302.

Antarctic exploration is seldom
WJ
, p. 304.

I saw self-sacrifice
ibid.
, p. 302.

In civilisation, men are
ibid.
, p. 252.

I think we reached
ibid.
, p. 279.

I was incapacitated for
EW, ‘The Winter Journey to Cape Crozier’, in
SLE
II, p. 42.

few doubts and no
WJ
, p. 214.

He made life look
Introduction to Seaver,
Bowers
, p. xvi.

Spread out well and
WJ
, p. 304.

By Jove! Here is
ibid
.

Cherry staggered in looking
Taylor,
With Scott
, p. 285.

You know, this is
WJ
, p. 311.

I managed to keep . . . We slept ten thousand
ibid.

We are looked upon
ibid.

The result of this
SLE
, 2 August 1911.

I don’t know . . . Probably Lashly would have
WJ
, p. 239.

his spirit never wavered
SLE
, 2 August 1911.

Wilson considers the journey
Tryggve Gran,
The Norwegian with Scott
, 1984, p. 114.

We had attempted too
EW, ‘The Winter Journey’, in
SLE
II, p. 52.

the response of the
This phrase appealed immensely to Cherry: it went to the heart of his beliefs. It was coined by Seaver in
The Faith of Edward Wilson
, 1948, p. 10.

I’ll swear there was
WJ
, p. 302.

a very eventful day
Gran, p. 111.

Tempers are beginning to
FD,
The Quiet Land
, p. 117.