![]() They arrived at the cache on March 3rd and waited for seven days, hoping to meet the returning Polar Party. In late February 1912, Atkinson tasked Cherry Garrard and Dimitri to take a dog team and replenish One Ton Depot with dog food. Garrard was also part of the attempt to reach the South Pole, accompanying the party to the top of the Beardmore Glacier before returning, among the number, when the second support team was sent back. Ultimately the three men returned and had brought with them, three Emperor Penguin eggs, which was deemed a huge success story for the scientific aspect of the expedition. ![]() Their Winter Journey to Cape Crozier and back was one of appalling conditions and suffering, in temperatures that plummeted lower than -60ยบ C, and most of Cherry-Garrards teeth shattered due to constant chattering. ![]() He was involved in depot laying teams, establishing a supply route for the assault on the Pole, and then in July 1911, during the harsh austral winter, he set off with Wilson and Bowers in search of unhatched Emperor Penguin eggs. ![]()
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