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           Welaidourabsenceofsixteenhoursalongertimethanourannouncedflying,landing,reconnoitering,androck-collectingprogramcalledfortoalongmythicalspellofadversewindconditions,andtoldtrulyofourlandingonthefartherfoothills. Fortunatelyourtalesoundedrealisticandprosaicenoughnottotemptanyoftheothersintoemulatingourflight. Hadanytriedtodothat,IwouldhaveusedeveryounceofmypersuasiontostopthemandIdonotknowwhatDanforthwouldhavedone. Whileweweregone,Pabodie,Sherman,Ropes,McTighe,andWilliamsonhadworkedlikebeaversoverLake’stwobestplanes,fittingthemagainforusedespitethealtogetherunaccountablejugglingoftheiroperativemechanism. 

           Wedecidedtoloadalltheplanesthenextmorningandstartbackforouroldbaseassoonaspossible. Eventhoughindirect,thatwasthesafestwaytoworktowardMcMurdoSound;forastraightlineflightacrossthemostutterlyunknownstretchesoftheaeon-deadcontinentwouldinvolvemanyadditionalhazards. Furtherexplorationwashardlyfeasibleinviewofourtragicdecimationandtheruinofourdrillingmachinery. Thedoubtsandhorrorsarounduswhichwedidnotrevealmadeuswishonlytoescapefromthisaustralworldofdesolationandbroodingmadnessasswiftlyaswecould. 

           Asthepublicknows,ourreturntotheworldwasaccomplishedwithoutfurtherdisasters. AllplanesreachedtheoldbaseontheeveningofthenextdayJanuary27thafteraswiftnonstopflight;andonthe28thwemadeMcMurdoSoundintwolaps,theonepausebeingverybrief,andoccasionedbyafaultyrudderinthefuriouswindovertheiceshelfafterwehadclearedthegreatplateau. 

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