The South Pole - An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912 #226415

AT last we got away, on October 19. The weather for the past few days had not been altogether reliable; now windy, now calm — now snowing, now clear: regular spring weather, in other words. That day it continued unsettled; it was misty and thick in the morning, and did not promise well for the day, but by there was a light breeze from the east, and at the same time it cleared.