| Description | Report describing the current position of the 'Discovery' and the possibility of the ship being freed from the ice during the 1903-1904 Antarctic summer. Scott believes the previous winter was an exceptional one, and if the upcoming season is normal then a sea swell will probably break up the ice. The crew will be able to start cutting a channel through the ice if this does not occur. Scott notes that, if the ice does not clear, 'I am myself fully prepared and should desire to remain by the ship for a third winter' with a skeleton crew, aiming to move the ship in the 1904-1905 season. |