Deteriorating weather conditions and weak, unacclimatised ponies affected the initial depot-laying journey, so that the expedition's main supply point, One Ton Depot, was laid north of its planned location at 80 ° S. Lawrence Oates, in charge of the ponies, advised Scott to kill ponies for food and advance the depot to 80 ° S, which Scott refused to do.

Deteriorating weather conditions and weak, unacclimatised ponies meant that the main supply point, One Ton Depot, was laid 35 miles ( 56 km ) further north of its planned location at 80 ° S, something that was to prove critical during the return journey from the Pole the following year.

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