13 March, 1911

There's not much we can do with the blizzard raging outside, so we have turned our attention to various internal arrangements. Nothing is done without a great amount of advice received from all quarters, and consequently things are pretty well done.

I suppose you're going to think that I'm going to pay attention to this and utilize it myself as a good model for planning. I'm not.

We all reek of blubber smoke. We have grown accustomed to it, but imagine that ourselves and our clothes will be given a wide berth when we return to Cape Evans. I do hope we brought laundry soap.